Preferences
To configure GNOME Terminal, choose . To configure another profile that you set up choose , select the profile you want to edit, then click .
The Editing Profile dialogue contains the following tabbed sections that you can use to configure GNOME Terminal:
- 4.1. General
- 4.2. Title and Command
- 4.3. Colours
- 4.4. Background
- 4.5. Scrolling
- 4.6. Compatibility
4.1. General
- Profile name
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Use this text box to specify the name of the current profile.
- Use the system fixed width font
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Select this option to use the standard fixed width font that is specified in the Font tab of the Appearance preference tool.
- Font
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Click on this button to select a font type and font size for the terminal. This button is only enabled if the Use the system terminal font option is unselected.
- Allow bold text
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Select this option to enable the terminal to display bold text.
- Show menubar by default in new terminals
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Select this option to show the menubar on new terminal windows.
- Terminal bell
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Select this option to enable the terminal bell.
- Cursor shape
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Use this drop down-list to specify the shape of the cursor.
- Select-by-word characters
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Use this text box to specify characters or groups of characters that GNOME Terminal considers to be words when you select text by word. See Section 3.4 ― Working with the Contents of Terminal Windows for more information about how to select text by word.
4.2. Title and Command
- Initial title
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Use this text box to specify the initial title of terminals that use the profile. New terminals that are started from the current terminal have the new initial title.
- When terminal commands set their own titles
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Use this drop-down list to specify how to handle dynamically-set titles, that is, terminal titles set by commands that run in the terminal.
- Run command as a login shell
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Select this option to force the command that currently runs inside the terminal to run as a login shell. If the command is not a shell, the setting has no effect.
- Update login records when command is launched
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Select this option to insert a new entry in the login records when a new shell is opened.
- Run a custom command instead of my shell
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Select this option to run a specified command, other than the normal shell, in the terminal. Specify the custom command in the Custom command text box.
- When command exits
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Use this drop-down list to specify what action to perform when the command exits.
4.3. Colours
- Foreground and Background
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Select the Use colours from system theme option to use the colors that are specified in the GNOME Desktop theme that is selected in the Theme tab of the Appearance preference tool.
Use the Built-in schemes drop-down list to specify the foreground and background colours for the terminal. GNOME Terminal supports the following foreground and background colour combinations:
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Black on light yellow
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Black on white
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Gray on black
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Green on black
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White on black
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Custom
This option enables you to select colours that are not in the selected colour scheme.
The actual display of the foreground and background colours can vary depending on the colour scheme that you choose. For example, if you choose White on black and the Linux console colour scheme, the application displays the foreground and background colours as light gray on black. The Built-in schemes drop-down list is only enabled if the Use colours from system theme option is unselected.
Click on the Choose terminal text colour dialogue. Use the colour wheel or the spin boxes to customise the colour that you want to use as the text colour, then click . The button is only enabled if the Use colours from system theme option is unselected.
button to display theClick on the Choose terminal background colour dialogue. Use the colour wheel or the spin boxes to customise the colour that you want to use as the background colour, then click . The button is only enabled if the Use colours from system theme option is unselected.
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- Palette
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The terminal emulation can only use 16 colours at a time to draw text. The colour palette specifies these 16 colours. Applications that run in the terminal use an index number to specify a colour from this palette.
Use the Built-in schemes drop-down list to choose a preset colour schemes. The colour palette below and the contents of the terminal window both update to show the scheme.
Use the Colour palette to customise the 16 default colours in the custom colour palette. To customise a colour, click on the colour to display the Palette entry dialogue. Use the colour wheel or the spin boxes to customise the colour, then click .
4.4. Background
- Background
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Select a background for the terminal window. The options are as follows:
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Solid color
Select this option to use the background colour that is specified in the Colours tabbed section as the background colour for the terminal.
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Background image
Select this option to use an image file as the background for the terminal. Use the Image file drop-down combination box to specify the location and name of the image file. Alternatively, click to search for and select the image file.
Select the Background image scrolls option to enable the background image to scroll with the text when you scroll through the terminal. If you do not select this option, the background image remains fixed on the terminal background and only the text scrolls. This option is only enabled if you select the Background image option.
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Transparent background
Select this option to use a transparent background for the terminal.
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- Shade transparent or image background
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Use this slider to shade or dim the background of the terminal. This option is only enabled if you select the Background image or Transparent background options.
4.5. Scrolling
- Scrollbar is
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Use this drop-down list to specify the position of the scrollbar on the terminal window.
- Scrollback ... lines
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Use this spin box to specify the number of lines that you can scroll back using the scrollbar. For example, if you specify 100 you can scroll back the last 100 lines displayed in the terminal. Select the Unlimited option to remove the limit on the number of lines you can scroll back using the scrollbar.
- Scroll on output
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Select this option to enable you to scroll the output on the terminal while the terminal continues to display more output from a command.
- Scroll on keystroke
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Select this option to enable you to press any key on the keyboard to scroll down the terminal window to the command prompt. This action only applies if you scrolled up the terminal window and you want to return to the command prompt.
4.6. Compatibility
- Backspace key generates
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Use the drop-down list to select the function that you want the Backspace key to perform.
- Delete key generates
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Use the drop-down list to select the function that you want the Delete key to perform.
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Click on this button to reset the options on the Compatibility tabbed section to the default settings.