TERMINOLOGY(1) Terminology man page TERMINOLOGY(1) NAME Terminology - Terminal Emulator written with EFL (Enlightenment Foundation Libraries). SYNOPSIS terminology [options] DESCRIPTION This is an EFL terminal emulator with some extra bells and whistles. It has many features including split terminal support, support for tabs, pre- view icons for files and so on... OPTIONS -e, --exec <cmnd> Specify command to execute. Defaults to $SHELL (or passwd shell or /bin/sh) When used along with -S/--split, each argument is used as a command for a split, leaving away the extra arguments. With 3 splits, one vertical, a command on the right, an horizontal split on the left with only a command on the bottom, the following arguments should be used: --split v-h-- -e command1 $SHELL command2 -d=CURRENT-DIRECTORY, --current-directory=CURRENT-DIRECTORY Change to directory for execution of terminal command. Type: STR. -t=THEME, --theme=THEME Use the named edje theme or path to theme file. Type: STR. -b=BACKGROUND, --background=BACKGROUND Use the named file as a background wallpaper for terminology. Type: STR. -g=GEOMETRY, --geometry=GEOMETRY Terminal geometry to use (eg 80x24 or 80x24+50+20 etc.). Type: STR. -n=NAME, --name=NAME Set window name. Type: STR. -r=ROLE, --role=ROLE Set window role. Type: STR. -S=vh-, --split=vh- Terminology can start with splits opened as described below. The arguments are a string with the following characters: -S v splits terminal vertically -S h splits horizontally - defines a placeholder for a shell or a command when used with --exec/-e Examples: ______ | | | $ terminology -S v |__|__| ______ |_____| $ terminology -S h |_____| ______ |__| | $ terminology -S vh |__|__| ______ | |__| $ terminology -S v-h |__|__| ______ $ terminology -S vh--h |__|__| hv--v |__|__| Type: STR. -T=TITLE, --title=TITLE Set window title. Type: STR. -i=ICON-NAME, --icon-name=ICON-NAME Set icon name. Type: STR. -f=FONT, --font=FONT Set font (NAME/SIZE for scalable, NAME for bitmap). Type: STR. -l=LOGIN, --login=LOGIN Run the shell as a login shell. Type: BOOL. -m=VIDEO-MUTE, --video-mute=VIDEO-MUTE Set mute mode for video playback. Type: BOOL. -c=CURSOR-BLINK, --cursor-blink=CURSOR-BLINK Set cursor blink mode. Type: BOOL. -G=VISUAL-BELL, --visual-bell=VISUAL-BELL Set visual bell mode. Type: BOOL. -F, --fullscreen Go into the fullscreen mode from start. -I, --iconic Go into an iconic state from the start. -B, --borderless Become a borderless managed window. -O, --override Become an override-redirect window. -M, --maximized Become maximized from the start. -W, --nowm Terminology is run without a wm. -H, --hold Don't exit when the command process exits. -s, --single Force single executable if multi-instance is enabled.. -2, --256color Set TERM to xterm-256color instead of xterm. --active-links=ACTIVATE-LINKS Whether to highlight links. Type: BOOL. --no-wizard Do not display the wizard on start up. Type: BOOL. --scale=SCALE Scaling factor to use on the UI. Type: DOUBLE. --colorscheme=COLORSCHEME Use the named color scheme. Type: STR. -V, --version Show program version. -C, --copyright Show copyright. -L, --license Show license. -h, --help Show this message. CONTROLS / SHORTCUTS Shift+PgUp Scroll terminology one page up. Shift+PgDn Scroll terminology one page down. Shift+Up Scroll terminology one line up. Shift+Down Scroll terminology one line down. Shift+Home Scroll terminology to the top of the backlog. Shift+End Reset scroll in terminology. Shift+Left Switch focus to previous terminal inside a window when using splits, or the previous tab. Shift+Right Switch focus to next terminal inside a window when using splits, or the next tab. Shift+Insert Paste Clipboard (ctrl+v/c) selection. Shift+Ctrl+Insert Paste Primary (highlight) selection. Shift+Keypad-Plus Font size up by one unit. Shift+Keypad-Minus Font size down by one unit. Shift+Keypad-Multiply Reset font size. Shift+Keypad-Divide Copy highlight to Clipboard (same as ctrl+c in gui apps). Ctrl+PgUp Switch focus to previous terminal inside a window when using splits, or the previous tab. Ctrl+PgDn Switch focus to next terminal inside a window when using splits, or the next tab. Ctrl+Shift+h Toggle displaying the miniview of the history. Ctrl+Alt+t Set tab's title. Ctrl+Shift+t Create a new terminal on top of current inside window (tabs). Ctrl+Shift+n Launch new terminology. Ctrl+Shift+End Close the current terminal. Ctrl+Shift+Home Bring up "tab" switcher. Ctrl+Shift+PgUp Split terminal horizontally (one terminal above the other). Ctrl+Shift+PgDn Split terminal vertically (one terminal to the left of the other). Alt+Home Enter command mode (enter commands to control terminology itself). Alt+Return Paste primary selection. Alt+g Group input: send input to all visible terminals in the window Alt+Shift+g Group input: send input to all terminals in the window Alt+w Copy selection to primary. Alt+Up Focus the terminal above Alt+Down Focus the terminal down Alt+Left Focus the terminal on the left Alt+Right Focus the terminal on the right Ctrl+Shift+c Copy current selection to clipboard. Ctrl+Shift+v Paste current clipboard selection. Ctrl+1 through Ctrl+0 Switch to terminal tab 1 through 10. Ctrl+Alt+Equal Increase font size. Note that it works on scalable fonts only. Ctrl+Alt+Minus Decrease font size. Note that it works on scalable fonts only. Ctrl+Alt+0 Reset font to default setting saved in config. Ctrl+Alt+9 Display big font size (10x20 bitmap, or size 20 with scalable). MOUSE CONTROLS Right mouse click Bring up controls menus. Middle mouse click Paste highlight selection. Left mouse click/drag Make a selection highlight. Ctrl + Left mouse click/drag Make a block selection. Wheel Scroll up or down in history. Ctrl + Wheel Zoom font size up/down. COMMAND MODE COMMANDS To enter command mode in terminology press Alt+Home. Currently command mode understands the following commands: f Reset font to default setting saved in config. f+ Increase font size. Note that it works on scalable fonts only. f- Decrease font size. Note that it works on scalable fonts only. fb Display big font size (10x20 bitmap, or size 20 with scalable). gNxM Make terminal NxM chars in size (if possible). e.g. g80x48 g40x20. If just one number is provided, it will use the following shortcuts: g0=80x24; g1=80x40; g2=80x60; g3=80x80; g4=120x24; g5=120x40; g6=120x60; g7=120x80; g8=120x120 b Reset the background (no media). bPATH Set the background media to an absolute file PATH. THEMES: Apart from the ones shipped with Terminology, themes can be stored in ~/.config/terminology/themes/. COMPANION TOOLS: tyls List directory contents with bells and whistles tyalpha Set transparency level of the background tybg Change the background image tycat Display inline a media file or a URI typop Display in a popup a media file or a URI tyq Queue media files or URI to be popped up tysend Send files to the terminal (useful through ssh) EXTENDED ESCAPES FOR TERMINOLOGY: [\033][}][COMMAND][\000] i.e. 1. ESC char (\033 or 0x1b) 2. } char 3... sequence of UTF8 chars other than nul (\000 or 0x00). 4 \000 char (nul byte or 0x00 to indicate end of sequence) e.g. echo -n '\033}Hello world\000' Commands: any values inside square brackets [] are to be replaced by some con- tent (numbers, strings, paths, url's etc.). example: aa[PATH-OF-FILE] should be come something like: aa/tmp/file.png or aa[true/false] should become something like: aatrue or aafalse --- pn[FULL-PATH-OR-URL] popup the given media file/url now. pq[FULL-PATH-OR-URL] queue a popup for the given media file/url. bt[FULL-PATH-OR-URL] set the terminal background media file/url temporarily. bp[FULL-PATH-OR-URL] set the terminal background media file/url permanently. at[on/true/yes/off/false/no] set the terminal alpha state to be on, or off temporarily. ap[on/true/yes/off/false/no] set the terminal alpha state to be on, or off permanently. qs query grid and font size. stdin will have written to it: W;H;FW;FH where W is the width of the terminal grid in characters where H is the height of the terminal grid in characters where FW is the width of 1 character cell in pixels where FH is the height of 1 character cell in pixels is[CW;H;FULL-PATH-OR-URL] insert STRETCHED media (where image will stretch to fill the cell area) and define expected cell area to be W cells wide and H cells high, with the image/media/url. where C is the replace character to be identified in later text where W is the width in character cells (up to 511). where H is the height in character cells (up to 511). note that this escape alone has no effect. It indicates a future intention of inserting media into the terminal. the terminal will EXPECT a grid of WxH "replace characters" to follow, with each se- quence of such replace characters bebung with a ib escape command and ending with an ie escape command. the FULL-PATH-OR-URL for all the i commands (is, ic, if, it) may be of the form: /full/path/to/file.png OR /full/path/to/link0full/path/to/file.png where a newline character separates a URI for a link and a full path to a file to display in the region. the link is the destination URI when a user may click on the given media image. example: printf("\ 33}is#5;3;%s 00" "\ 33}ib#####\ 33}ie\0 "\ 33}ib#####\ 33}ie\0 "\ 33}ib#####\ 33}ie\0, "/tmp/icon.png"); note that # is the replace character, and later # chars if in- side begin/end escapes, will be replaced by the given media indi- cated in the insert media escape. ic[CW;H;FULL-PATH-OR-URL] insert CENTERED media (centered in cell area). Otherwise parameters are identical to the is command, but retains aspect and is padded by blank space. if[CW;H;FULL-PATH-OR-URL] insert FILLED media (fill in cell area). Otherwise parameters are identical to the is command but ensures the entire area is filled like a background even if media goes beyond cell bounds and is clipped. it[CW;H;FULL-PATH-OR-URL] insert THUMB media (thumbnail cell area). Otherwise parameters are identical to the is command, but uses thumbnail generation to make a fast to load but low resolution version (cached) of the media. it[CW;H;LINK\nFULL-PATH-OR-URL] insert THUMB media with link (thumbnail cell area). Otherwise parameters are identical to the is command, but uses thumbnail generation to make a fast to load but low resolution version (cached) of the media. LINK is a path (or url) to open _when_ the thumb is clicked on by the user. ij[CW;H;FULL-PATH\nGROUP][\n][cmd1][\r\n][cmd2]... insert EDJE object with file path given, and the group name given. The command list (and the \n whitespace delimiter before the list) is optional, but is executed/parsed before display of the actual object to do things like initialize its initial state. See `iC` command for more details on the command list. Be aware that once you have an object with an assigned channel id, it can send back signals and messages via escapes on stdin. These escapes will follow terminology extended escape format (ESC + } ... 00), and the content will be one of: ;CHID\ndrag\nPART NAME\nVAL1\nVAL2 ;CHID\ndrag,start\nPART NAME\nVAL1\nVAL2 ;CHID\ndrag,stop\nPART NAME\nVAL1\nVAL2 ;CHID\ndrag,step\nPART NAME\nVAL1\nVAL2 ;CHID\drag,set\nPART NAME\nVAL1\nVAL2 signal;CHID\nSIGNAL STRING\nSOURCE STRING message;CHID\nOPCODE ID\nstring\nSTRING1 message;CHID\nOPCODE ID\nint\nINT1 message;CHID\nOPCODE ID\nfloat\nFLOAT1 message;CHID\nOPCODE ID\nstring_set\nSTRING1\nSTRING2\nSTRING3... message;CHID\nOPCODE ID\nint_set\nINT1\nINT2\nINT3... message;CHID\nOPCODE ID\nfloat_set\nFLOAT1\nFLOAT2\nFLOAT3... message;CHID\nOPCODE ID\nstring_int\nSTRING1\nINT1 message;CHID\nOPCODE ID\nstring_float\nSTRING1\nFLOAT1 message;CHID\nOPCODE ID\nstring_int_set\nSTRING1\nINT1\nINT2\nINT3... message;CHID\nOPCODE ID\nstring_float_set\nSTRING1\nFLOAT1\nFLOAT2\nFLOAT3... iC[CHID]\n[cmd1][\r\n][cmd2][\r\n][cmd3]... send a COMMAND (cmd1, cmd2, cmd3 etc.) to an existing named channel id CHID. this can be a list of 1 or more command strings, with each string broken by a continuous sequence of 1 or more \r and/or \n characters. e.g. "\n", "\r", "\r\n", "\n\r", "\n\r\n\n\n", etc. commands understood are: text\nPART NAME\nTEXT STRING set the text of "PART NAME" to string "TEXT STRING" emit\nSIGNAL STRING\nSOURCE STRING emit signal "SIGNAL STRING" "SOURCE STRING" drag\nPART NAME\n[value|size|step|page]\nVAL1\nVAL2 manipulate dragable of name "PART NAME" and either set "value", "size", "step" or "page" properties to "VAL1" and "VAL2" for x and y, where VAL1 and VAL2 are floating point values chid\nCHANNEL ID set the channel id of a given edje object (only valid in setup commands for the inline edje object) to "CHANNEL ID" so it can be addressed later. message\nOPCODE ID\n[string|int|float|string_set|int_set|... float_set|string|int|string_float|string_int_set|... string_float_set]\n[message data] send a message with opcode (integer) id "OPCODE ID" of one of the given types supported ("string", "int", "float", etc.) and then with the given "message data" at the end. message data format depends on message type: string: STRING1 int: INT1 float: FLOAT1 string_set: STRING1\nSTRING2\nSTRING3... int_set: INT1\nINT2\nINT3... float_set: FLOAT1\nFLOAT2\nFLOAT3... string_int: STRING1\nINT1 string_float: STRING1\nFLOAT1 string_int_set: STRING1\nINT1\nINT2\nINT3... string_float_set: STRING1\nFLOAT1\nFLOAT2\nFLOAT3... ib begin media replace sequence run. ie end media replace sequence run. fr[PATH/FILE] begin file send for a file named PATH / FILE fs[SIZE_BYTES] set the size in bytes of a file send started with the above fr es- cape fd[CHECKSUM DATA] block of data for the current file transfer with checksum as a string decimal which is the sum of every byte when taken as an unsigned char per byte. the checksum is a signed 32bit integer. the checksum is the sum of the data after escaping. 4 bits at a time per data byte, encoded with high bits in one byte then low bits, with the bits encoded as 4 bit value being 0x40 + 4 bit value per byte. (@ == 0x0, A == 0x1, B == 0x2, ... N == 0xe, O == 0xf). so to rebuild a byte will be (((bytes[0] - 0x40) & 0xf) << 4) | ((bytes[1] - 0x40) & 0xf) per byte pair in the data block. fx exit file send mode (normally at the end of the file or when it's complete) BUGS If you find a bug or for known issues/bugs/feature requests please email enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net or visit the place where all the hard work is done http://phab.enlightenment.org/ AUTHOR Terminology was written by Carsten Haitzler <raster@rasterman.com> and oth- ers. It is maintained by Boris Faure <boris@fau.re> and others. See AU- THORS file for other contributors. 1.14.0 Mar 23, 2025 TERMINOLOGY(1)
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