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myusuf3
Asked: 2010-08-19 08:40:39 +0800 CST

Keeping multiple terminal windows in focus

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I write code. I use terminal a lot. I ofter use many terminal windows. I hate how tabs look.

Are there any applications that allow me to keep multiple terminal windows in focus to streamline my development?

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  1. Best Answer

    Try Terminator. It allows you to split the terminal window (You can also have tabs and separate windows).

    simple terminator usage

    You can install terminator from your current terminal with this command:

    sudo apt-get install terminator

    Or you can search 'terminator' in Ubuntu Software Centre (or Synaptic).

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  2. Both screen and byobu (which is just screen with some neat extras) allow you to use multiple windows within one session. For me they're must-have applications when I'm connecting via SSH.

    See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Screen for more information on how to use screen.

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  3. Yakuake is like Guake + Terminator: you get multiple tabs and split screen terminals, all in a quake drop-down. But it's a KDE application so if you're using Gnome, I would say Guake.

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  4. I also (in addition to terminator) use Guake sudo apt-get install guake. It is a quake-like console tool which is basically a tabbed terminal except it pops out when you press F12 and closes when you lose focus (if you configure it that way). I love it.

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  5. I don't see what the problem is. I just opened 5 terminal windows at the same time, no problem, by hitting ctrl+shift+n with the terminal open, or going to File > Open Terminal. I haven't done anything that would affect the terminal... This is pretty much right out of the box. Are you using 10.4?

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  6. Just some alternatives out there:

    Try a different terminal. I use urxvt-unicode (package name) and it has a much better tab layout/look imo.

    Here's a page with a sample screenshot of the tabs in the upper corner: http://battlemidget.blogspot.com/2007/10/urxvt-fvwm.html

    Secondly, you might consider a tiling window manager at some point. I'm a huge fan. You don't have to worry about laying out all those different terminals and just add/remove as you need them. I'm using AwesomeWM, but Xmodad is another really good one.

    Quick youtube of someone using it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FUkmMeU3bU&feature=related

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  7. If what you want is to have many ssh/telnet connections to some machines, please, ty PAC (http://sourceforge.net/projects/pacmanager/) link text

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  8. Mutiplexing the terminal?

    1. sudo apt-get install guake
    2. sudo apt-get install tmux
    3. Open guake by pressing F12.
    4. Right click on the dropping window and then select Preferences.
    5. Select usr/bin/tmux in the only one select box.
    6. In my case, I have to close and re-open guake.

    So now you have guake with multiple window display and several other tools.

    Ctrl+B and then % for vertical splitting. Ctrl+B and then " for horizontal splitting.

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