MATE Terminal

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Mate Terminal is the official terminal emulator for the MATE Desktop.

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Usage:

  mate-terminal [OPTION...]

Help Options:

   -h, --help
          Show help options

   --help-all
          Show all help options

   --help-terminal
          Show terminal options

   --help-window-options
          Show per-window options

   --help-terminal-options
          Show per-terminal options

   --help-gtk
          Show GTK+ Options

   --help-sm-client
          Show session management options

Options to open new windows or terminal tabs; more than one of these may be specified:

   --window
          Open a new window containing a tab with the default profile

   --tab  Open a new tab in the last-opened window with the default profile

Window options; if used before the first –window or –tab argument, sets the default for all windows:

   --show-menubar
          Turn on the menubar

   --hide-menubar
          Turn off the menubar

   --maximize
          Maximize the window

   --full-screen
          Full-screen the window

   --geometry=GEOMETRY
          Set the window size; for example: 80x24, or 80x24+200+200 (COLSxROWS+X+Y)

   --role=ROLE
          Set the window role

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

Terminal options; if used before the first –window or –tab argument, sets the default for all terminals:

   -e, --command
          Execute the argument to this option inside the terminal

   -x, --execute
          Execute the remainder of the command line inside the terminal

   --profile=PROFILE-NAME
          Use the given profile instead of the default profile

   -t, --title=TITLE
          Set the terminal title

   --working-directory=DIRNAME
          Set the working directory

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

   GTK+ Options

   --class=CLASS
          Program class as used by the window manager

   --name=NAME
          Program name as used by the window manager

   --screen=SCREEN
          X screen to use

   --sync Make X calls synchronous

   --gtk-module=MODULES
          Load additional GTK+ modules

   --g-fatal-warnings
          Make all warnings fatal

Session management options:

   --sm-client-disable
          Disable connection to session manager

   --sm-client-state-file=FILE
          Specify file containing saved configuration

   --sm-client-id=ID
          Specify session management ID

Application Options:

   --disable-factory
          Do not register with the activation nameserver, do not re-use an active terminal

Build / Install

Meson

Simple build procedure:

$ meson build --prefix=/usr                 # Build configuration
$ cd build
$ ninja                                     # Build

After building the package you may install it:

[ Become root if necessary ]
$ ninja install                              # Installation

Autotools

Simple build procedure:

$ ./autogen.sh --prefix=/usr                # Build configuration
$ make                                      # Build

For installation to a separate prefix change the above ./autogen.sh command to:

$ ./autogen.sh --prefix=/an/other/path

After building the package you may install it:

[ Become root if necessary ]
$ make install                              # Installation