roxterm(1) - Linux man page

Name

roxterm - terminal emulator

Synopsis

roxterm [-? | --help] [--help-all] [--help-gtk] [-u | --usage] [--geometry=GEOM] [--appdir=DIR] [--profile=PROFILE | -p PROFILE] [--colour-scheme=SCHEME | --color-scheme=SCHEME | -c SCHEME] [--shortcut-scheme=SCHEME | -s SCHEME] [--separate] [--replace] [--directory=DIR | -d DIR] [--show-menubar] [--hide-menubar] [--fullscreen-f] [--disable-sm] [--tab] [--zoom=ZOOM | -z ZOOM] [--title=TITLE | -T TITLE] [--tab-name=NAME | -n NAME] [--display=DISPLAY] [--execute COMMAND | -e COMMAND]

Description

This manual page documents briefly the roxterm command.

roxterm is a terminal emulator.

Options

These programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes ('-'). A summary of options is included below.

-? --help

Show description of options.

--help-all

Show all options.

--help-gtk

Show all GTK+ options.

--usage

Show summary of usage.

-d DIRECTORY --directory=DIRECTORY

Run shell/command in DIRECTORY.

--geometry=GEOMETRY

Set size and/or position of terminal according to X geometry specification.

--appdir=DIR

Application directory when run as a ROX app.

--show-menubar --hide-menubar

Whether to show or hide the menubar, overriding the profile. The default is to show it.

--fullscreen -f

Make initial terminal window take up the whole screen with no window furniture.

--disable-sm

Disable session management.

--tab

If possible open the new terminal in an existing window rather than open a new window. The window chosen is the most recently focused window with the same profile as the new terminal. This option overrides --zoom and --fullscreen.

--zoom=ZOOM -z ZOOM

Scale terminal's font by a factor of ZOOM (1.0 is normal size).

-p PROFILE --profile=PROFILE

Use the named profile.

-c SCHEME --colour-scheme=SCHEME --color-scheme=SCHEME

Use the named colour scheme.

-s SCHEME --shortcut-scheme=SCHEME

Use the named keyboard shortcut scheme.

--title=TITLE -T TITLE

Set window title. May include "%s" which is substituted with the full contents of the tab's label.

--tab-name=NAME -n NAME

Set tab name as displayed in its label. May include "%s" which is substituted with the window title string set by the terminal.

--separate

Use a separate process for this terminal.

--replace

Replace any existing instance as ROXTerm D-BUS service provider.

--display=DISPLAY

X display to use.

-e --execute

Execute remainder of command line inside the terminal. Must be the final option.

See Also

The program is documented fully by the HTML file file:///usr/share/doc/roxterm-1.20.5/en/index.html.

Author

This manual page was written by Tony Houghton h@realh.co.uk. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation.

On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.

Author

Tony Houghton

Developer

Copyright

Copyright © 2005 Tony Houghton