#Name

Terminal - Serenity terminal emulator

Open

#Synopsis

$ Terminal [options]

#Description

Terminal is a terminal emulator application for Serenity.

It can be launched from the System Menu or the quick access icon to its right, via the Open in Terminal action in File Manager and on the Desktop. You can also click on the Open link above to launch Terminal.

Select File → Terminal Settings to launch the Terminal Settings dialog and display user configurable application properties. This dialog box contains two tabs: View and Terminal.

The View tab provides the most frequently sought options:

• Adjust the Terminal font (turn off Use system default to select a custom font.
• Specify background opacity, i.e. the amount to which the Terminal's background is transparent, displaying what's underneath.
• Change the shape of the cursor from Block, to Underscore or to Vertical bar. You can also opt to enable or disable cursor's blink property.
• To enable or disable the display of terminal scrollbar.

The Terminal tab gives less frequently used options:

• To either enable System beep, or use Visual bell or disable bell mode altogether.
• To change Terminal's exit behavior

Clicking on the Apply button will cause the currently selected options to take effect immediately.

You can toggle Fullscreen mode by pressing F11.

#Options

• --help: Display help message and exit
• --version: Print version
• -e: Execute this command inside the terminal
• -k: Keep the terminal open after the command has finished executing

#Examples

$ Terminal -e Shell
$ Terminal -k -e Browser