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ReStructuredText
199 lines
11 KiB
ReStructuredText
A keyboard-centric VTE-based terminal, aimed at use within a window manager
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with tiling and/or tabbing support.
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Termite looks for the configuration file in the following order:
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``$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/termite/config``, ``~/.config/termite/config``,
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``$XDG_CONFIG_DIRS/termite/config``, ``/etc/xdg/termite/config``.
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Termite's exit status is 1 on a failure, including a termination of the child
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process from an uncaught signal. Otherwise the exit status is that of the child
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process.
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DEPENDENCIES
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============
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The `vte-ng <https://github.com/thestinger/vte-ng>`_ project is required until
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VTE exposes the necessary functions for keyboard text selection and URL hints
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(if ever). A simple patch `has been submitted upstream
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<https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=679658#c10>`_ but they're unwilling
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to expose functionality that's not required by GNOME Terminal even if there's
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no extra maintenance (it already exists internally) and no additional backwards
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compatibility hazards.
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If no browser is configured and $BROWSER is unset, xdg-open from xdg-utils is
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used as a fallback.
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BUILDING
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========
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::
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git clone --recursive https://github.com/thestinger/termite.git
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cd termite && make
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KEYBINDINGS
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===========
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INSERT MODE
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-----------
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+----------------------+---------------------------------------------+
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| ``ctrl-shift-x`` | activate url hints mode |
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+----------------------+---------------------------------------------+
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| ``ctrl-shift-r`` | reload configuration file |
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+----------------------+---------------------------------------------+
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| ``ctrl-shift-c`` | copy to CLIPBOARD |
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+----------------------+---------------------------------------------+
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| ``ctrl-shift-v`` | paste from CLIPBOARD |
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+----------------------+---------------------------------------------+
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| ``ctrl-shift-u`` | unicode input (standard GTK binding) |
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+----------------------+---------------------------------------------+
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| ``ctrl-tab`` | start scrollback completion |
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+----------------------+---------------------------------------------+
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| ``ctrl-shift-space`` | start selection mode |
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+----------------------+---------------------------------------------+
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| ``ctrl-shift-t`` | open terminal in the current directory [1]_ |
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+----------------------+---------------------------------------------+
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| ``ctrl-shift-up`` | scroll up a line |
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+----------------------+---------------------------------------------+
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| ``ctrl-shift-down`` | scroll down a line |
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+----------------------+---------------------------------------------+
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| ``shift-pageup`` | scroll up a page |
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+----------------------+---------------------------------------------+
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| ``shift-pagedown`` | scroll down a page |
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+----------------------+---------------------------------------------+
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| ``ctrl-+`` | increase font size |
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+----------------------+---------------------------------------------+
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| ``ctrl--`` | decrease font size |
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+----------------------+---------------------------------------------+
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| ``ctrl-=`` | reset font size to default |
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+----------------------+---------------------------------------------+
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.. [1] The directory can be set by a process running in the terminal. For
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example, with zsh:
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.. code:: sh
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if [[ $TERM == xterm-termite ]]; then
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. /etc/profile.d/vte.sh
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__vte_osc7
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fi
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::
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For example, with bash:
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.. code:: sh
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if [[ $TERM == xterm-termite ]]; then
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. /etc/profile.d/vte.sh
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__vte_prompt_command
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fi
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SELECTION MODE
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--------------
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+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
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| ``q`` or ``escape`` or ``ctrl-[`` | enter insert mode |
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+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
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| ``x`` | activate url hints mode |
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+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
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| ``v`` | visual mode |
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+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
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| ``V`` | visual line mode |
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+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
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| ``ctrl-v`` | visual block mode |
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+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
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| ``hjkl`` or arrow keys | move cursor left/down/up/right |
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+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
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| ``w`` or ``shift-right`` | forward word |
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+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
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| ``e`` | forward to end of word |
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+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
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| ``b`` or ``shift-left`` | backward word |
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+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
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| ``W`` or ``ctrl-right`` | forward WORD (non-whitespace) |
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+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
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| ``E`` | forward to end of WORD (non-whitespace) |
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+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
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| ``B`` or ``ctrl-left`` | backward WORD (non-whitespace) |
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+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
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| ``0`` or ``home`` | move cursor to the first column in the row |
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+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
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| ``^`` | beginning-of-line (first non-blank character) |
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+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
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| ``$`` or ``end`` | end-of-line |
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+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
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| ``g`` | jump to start of first row |
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+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
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| ``G`` | jump to start of last row |
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+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
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| ``ctrl-u`` | move cursor a half screen up |
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+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
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| ``ctrl-d`` | move cursor a half screen down |
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+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
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| ``ctrl-b`` | move cursor a full screen up (back) |
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+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
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| ``ctrl-f`` | move cursor a full screen down (forward) |
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+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
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| ``y`` | copy to CLIPBOARD |
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+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
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| ``/`` | forward search |
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+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
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| ``?`` | reverse search |
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+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
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| ``u`` | forward url search |
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+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
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| ``U`` | reverse url search |
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+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
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| ``o`` | open the current selection as a url |
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+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
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| ``Return`` | open the current selection as a url and enter insert mode |
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+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
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| ``n`` | next search match |
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+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
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| ``N`` | previous search match |
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+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
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During scrollback search, the current selection is changed to the search match
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and copied to the PRIMARY clipboard buffer.
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With the text input widget focused, up/down (or tab/shift-tab) cycle through
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completions, escape closes the widget and enter accepts the input.
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In hints mode, the input will be accepted as soon as termite considers it a
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unique match.
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PADDING
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=======
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Internal padding can be added by using CSS to style the VTE widget. Adding the
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following snippet to ``$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/gtk-3.0/gtk.css`` (or
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``~/.config/gtk-3.0/gtk.css``) will add uniform 2px padding around the edges:
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.. code:: css
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VteTerminal, vte-terminal {
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padding: 2px;
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}
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This can also be used to add varying amounts of padding to each side via
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standard usage of the CSS padding property.
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TERMINFO
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========
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When working on a remote system with termite's terminfo missing, an error might
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occur:
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::
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Error opening terminal: xterm-termite
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To solve this issue, copy the terminfo to your remote system and install it for
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the logged in user. Or on Arch Linux install ``termite-terminfo``.
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::
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scp termite.terminfo remoteserver:
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# On the remote server
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tic -x termite.terminfo
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