LXTerminal
| LXTerminal | |
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| Developer | LXDE Team |
| Latest version | 0.4.0 (from 6 Feb. 2021) |
| Genre | Terminal Emulator |
| License | GNU General Public License |
| Website | lxde.org |
LXTerminal is the standard terminal emulator of LXDE. The terminal is a desktop-independent VTE-based terminal emulator for LXDE without any unnecessary dependency.
All instances of its windows use just a single process. This design results in lower memory usage when multiple terminals are in use.
LXTerminal supports multiple tabs and features graphically driven configuration.
Features
- Change the color scheme (full 24-bit color support by means of VTE)
- Cursor : block or underline, blinking or not
- Configurable buffer size (number of scroll back lines)
- Configure selectable characters when double clicking text
- Tabs (optional)
- Keyboard shortcuts
- Option to hide the mouse
- Option to hide the menu bar
- Option to hide the scroll bar
Minimalism
For a minimalist terminal (useful with a tiling WM), LXTerminal can be configured to hide the menu bar and the scrollbar.
This can be set using the menus, or directly in lxterminal.conf:
hidescrollbar and hidemenubar should be set to true in the [general] section:
hidescrollbar=true hidemenubar=true
There is special handling for tab bars such that it only appears if a new tab is created.
A right click opens a menu and allows to reach for the options or any elements from the hidden menu bar.
