Preferéncias

To configure GNOME Terminal, choose Edit ▸ Current Profile. To configure another profile that you set up choose Edit ▸ Profiles, select the profile you want to edit, then click Edit.

The Editing Profile dialog contains the following tabbed sections that you can use to configure GNOME Terminal:

4.1. General

Profile name

Use this text box to specify the name of the current profile.

Use the system fixed width font

Select this option to use the standard fixed width font that is specified in the Font tab of the Appearance preference tool.

Font

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

Select this option to enable the terminal to display bold text.

Show menubar by default in new terminals

Select this option to show the menubar on new terminal windows.

Terminal bell

Select this option to enable the terminal bell.

Cursor shape

Use this drop down-list to specify the shape of the cursor.

Select-by-word characters

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. Títol e comanda

Initial title

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

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

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

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

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

Use this drop-down list to specify what action to perform when the command exits.

4.3. Colours

Foreground and Background

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 colors for the terminal. GNOME Terminal supports the following foreground and background color combinations:

  • Black on light yellow

  • Black on white

  • Gray on black

  • Green on black

  • White on black

  • Custom

    This option enables you to select colors that are not in the selected color scheme.

The actual display of the foreground and background colors can vary depending on the color scheme that you choose. For example, if you choose White on black and the Linux console color scheme, the application displays the foreground and background colors 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 Text colour button to display the Choose terminal text colour dialog. Use the color wheel or the spin boxes to customize the color that you want to use as the text color, then click OK. The Text colour button is only enabled if the Use colours from system theme option is unselected.

Click on the Background colour button to display the Choose terminal background colour dialog. Use the color wheel or the spin boxes to customize the color that you want to use as the background color, then click OK. The Background colour button is only enabled if the Use colours from system theme option is unselected.

Palette

The terminal emulation can only use 16 colors at a time to draw text. The color palette specifies these 16 colors. Applications that run in the terminal use an index number to specify a color from this palette.

Use the Built-in schemes drop-down list to choose a preset color schemes. The color palette below and the contents of the terminal window both update to show the scheme.

Use the Colour palette to customize the 16 default colors in the custom color palette. To customize a color, click on the color to display the Palette entry dialog. Use the color wheel or the spin boxes to customize the color, then click OK.

4.4. Fons

Background

Select a background for the terminal window. The options are as follows:

  • Solid color

    Select this option to use the background color that is specified in the Colors tabbed section as the background color for the terminal.

  • 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 Browse 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.

  • Transparent background

    Select this option to use a transparent background for the terminal.

Shade transparent or image background

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

Use this drop-down list to specify the position of the scrollbar on the terminal window.

Scrollback ... lines

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

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

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. Compatibilitat

Backspace key generates

Use the drop-down list to select the function that you want the Backspace key to perform.

Delete key generates

Use the drop-down list to select the function that you want the Delete key to perform.

Reset compatibility options to defaults

Click on this button to reset the options on the Compatibility tabbed section to the default settings.