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gnome-terminal(1)		 User Commands		     gnome-terminal(1)

NAME
       gnome-terminal - terminal emulator for GNOME

SYNOPSIS
       gnome-terminal	[--tab]	  [--window]  [--tab-with-profile=profilename]
       [--window-with-profile=profilename]   [--active]	   [--command=command]
       [--execute=command] [--full-screen] [--maximize] [--role=role] [--show-
       menubar	| --hide-menubar]  [--startup-id=id]  [--title=title]  [--use-
       factory	   |	 --disable-factory]	 [--working-directory=dirname]
       [--zoom=zoomfactor] [gnome-std-options]

DESCRIPTION
       gnome-terminal is the GNOME terminal  emulation	program.  It  provides
       access  to the UNIX shell on the GNOME environment. gnome-terminal sup‐
       ports multiple profiles to allow easy  switching	 between  preferences,
       and  supports  tabbing so that multiple terminals can be managed from a
       single window.  By default, all GNOME terminals share a single process,
       reducing memory usage.  This can be disabled by starting gnome-terminal
       with the --disable-factory option.

OPTIONS
       The following options are supported:

       --active

	   Set the last specified tab as the active one in its window.

       -e, --command command

	   Executes the command command instead of the shell. This saves  some
	   memory if you just plan to run a dedicated application on that win‐
	   dow.

       --disable-factory

	   Do not register with the activation name server, and do  not	 reuse
	   an already running GNOME terminal process.

       -x, --execute command

	   This	 option	 is provided for compatibility reasons. It is the same
	   as the --command option.

       --full-screen

	   Set the last-specified window into  fullscreen  mode.   Applies  to
	   only	 one window.  Can be specified one for each wwindow you create
	   from the command line.

       --maximize

	   Set the last-specified window into maximized mode; a pplies to only
	   one	window;	 can be specified once for each window you create from
	   the command line.

       --hide-menubar

	   Hide the menubar. This applies only to one window. When  used  with
	   multiple --window-with-profile options, it applies to the --window-
	   with-profile option immediately to the left. Can be specified  mul‐
	   tiple times, once for each --window-with-profile option.

       --role=role

	   The GNOME session manager follows the ICCCM convention of using the
	   window title and the window role to identify specific windows.  The
	   session  manager  uses  this information to put windows back in the
	   same place when the user restarts their  session.  If  all  windows
	   have	 a unique title, there is no need to set the role. However, as
	   it is common for multiple GNOME terminals to have the  same	title,
	   the	user  can  also	 specify the role on the command line with the
	   --role option. This helps the session manager to properly  identify
	   and	restart	 each  GNOME  terminal	(in  the same location, and so
	   on).	   When used with multiple --window-with-profile  options,  it
	   applies  to	the  --window-with-profile  option  immediately to the
	   left. Can be specified multiple times, once for each --window-with-
	   profile option.

       --show-menubar

	   Show	 the  menubar. This applies only to one window. When used with
	   multiple --window-with-profile options, it applies to the --window-
	   with-profile	 option immediately to the left. Can be specified mul‐
	   tiple times, once for each --window-with-profile option.

       --startup-id=id

	   Set the id for startup notification protocol.

       --tab

	   Open a new tab in the last-opened window with the default  profile.
	   More than one of these options can be provided.

       --tab-with-profile=profilename

	   Creates a tab that uses the specified profile. This argument may be
	   specified multiple times to create multiple tabs in a terminal.  If
	   this	 is  used with multiple --window-with-profile options, the tab
	   is created for the window that corresponds  to  the	--window-with-
	   profile option immediately to the	       left.

       -t, --title=title

	   Set the title for the GNOME terminal to be title.

       --use-factory

	   Register with the activation name server, and reuse an already run‐
	   ning GNOME terminal process.

       --window

	   Open a new window contianing a tab with the default profile.	  More
	   than one of these options can be provided.

       --window-with-profile=profilename

	   Creates a GNOME terminal and a tab that uses the specified profile.
	   This may be used with the --tab-with-profile option to create addi‐
	   tional  tabs.  Multiple --window-with-profile options can be speci‐
	   fied to create multiple GNOME terminal windows. All options	speci‐
	   fied	 after an --window-with-profile option apply to that --window-
	   with-profile option only.

       --working-directory=dirname

	   Set the working directory for the GNOME terminal to be dirname.

       --zoom=zoomfactor

	   Set the terminal's zoom factor (1.0 = normal size).

       gnome-std-options

	   Standard options available for use with  most  GNOME	 applications.
	   See gnome-std-options(5) for more information.

EXTENDED DESCRIPTION
       gnome-terminal is designed to emulate the xterm program provided by the
       X  Consortium.  The xterm(1) program in turn is an almost-complete emu‐
       lation  of  the	DEC  VT102  terminal. gnome-terminal supports the same
       extensions to the VT102 as those provided by the xterm program, through
       special	escape	sequences.  The	 xterm program is an evolving program.
       Recent changes to xterm have been been incorporated  into  gnome-termi‐
       nal.  This includes emulation of the newer DEC VT220 escape sequences.

EXAMPLES
       Example 1: Running the `minicom' terminal emulator on the window

       example% gnome-terminal --command minicom

       Example 2: Monitoring the system

       example% gnome-terminal --command top

       Example 3: Starting two windows with different profiles

       example% gnome-terminal --window-with-profile=FirstProfile
	     --tab-with-profile=SecondProfile --window-with-profile=SecondProfile

       In  this example, the first window will have two tabs (FirstProfile and
       SecondProfile) and the second window will have one tab (SecondProfile).

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
       See environ(5) for descriptions of the following environment variables,
       set by gnome-terminal:

       TERM		       This  variable is set to xterm by default. Some
			       implementations	of  curses,  and  applications
			       based  on  curses,  may	prefer the value to be
			       xterm-color, color-xterm,  or  xterm-debian  to
			       support color.  Users might need to change this
			       setting to one of these values to enable	 color
			       for such applications.

       COLORTERM	       This variable is set to xterm. Various applica‐
			       tions (especially the Slang-based applications)
			       use  this setting to determine whether the ter‐
			       minal supports color.

       WINDOWID		       This variable contains the X11  Window  identi‐
			       fier. This is sometimes used by applications to
			       modify the contents of this window  or  provide
			       special effects.

EXIT STATUS
       The following exit values are returned:

       0	Application exited successfully

       >0	Application exited with failure

FILES
       The following files are used by this application:

       /usr/bin/gnome-terminal	       Executable for GNOME terminal emulator

ATTRIBUTES
       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       ┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
       │      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     │	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   │
       ├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
       │Availability		     │terminal/gnome-terminal	   │
       ├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
       │Interface stability	     │Volatile			   │
       └─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘

SEE ALSO
       gnome-session(1),  xterm(1),  vte(1),  libvte(3),  attributes(5), envi‐
       ron(5) gnome-std-options(5)

       Latest version of the GNOME Desktop User Guide for your platform.

NOTES
       Written by Michael Zucchi, Miguel de Icaza, Erik Troan.

       Updated by Brian Cameron, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2003, 2004, 2006.

SunOS 5.11			  31 Aug 2004		     gnome-terminal(1)
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