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JanezKranjski
Asked: 2012-02-19 06:05:46 +0800 CST

Set Terminal window size (and position)

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I use Lubuntu and want to set bigger Terminal window (for default). How can I do that?

Maybe in lxterminal.conf but how?

command-line lubuntu

2 Answers

  1. This can be done in two different ways, depending on whether access is from the keyboard or via the menu.

    From the keyboard:

    One has to edit ~/.config/openbox/lubuntu-rc.xml.

    note: it's always a good thing to save a copy of lubuntu-rc.xml first (lubuntu-rc.xml.old)

    Use a text editor to open ~/.config/openbox/lubuntu-rc.xml. This file has several sections; in the section devoted to keybindings, add this:

    <keybind key="C-A-T">
<action name="Execute"> 
<command>lxterminal --geometry=140x40</command> 
</action>
</keybind>

    Save the file and exit the text editor. Open a terminal and run openbox --reconfigure to refresh lubuntu-rc.xml. After this, any time you access lxterminal from the keyboard using Ctrl+Alt+T, lxterminal will open with a size of 140 columns by 40 rows.

    From the menu:
    This requires editing of a .desktop file. By default, .desktop files are located in /usr/share/applications and could be edited there (using sudo).
    However, it may be preferable to make a copy of the .desktop file in ~/.local/share/applications because editing this file only affects the specific user (and doesn't need sudo).

    So, copy /usr/share/applications/lxterminal.desktop to ~/.local/share/applications. Then open the copied file with a text editor. Search for a line that starts with Exec= and change Exec=lxterminal to Exec=lxterminal --geometry=140x40. Save the file. Done.

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  2. I succeeded in increasing the window size for lxterminal by editing 

    /usr/share/applications/lxterminal.desktop

    changing the Exec line to

    Exec=lxterminal --geometry=81x59
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