MATE-TERMINAL(1)

💖 NAME 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to mate-terminal — the manual page for the MATE Terminal Emulator. it's literally the little terminal window app, and this page is its whole vibe. ✨

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

🎀 Usage:

mate-terminal [OPTION...]

like. that's it. that's the whole shape of it. run it, sprinkle options, slay. 💅

🫶 Help Options:

• -h, --help — shows you the help options, bestie. your little safety net.
• --help-all — shows all the help options. everything. no secrets. 👑
• --help-terminal — shows the terminal options.
• --help-window-options — shows the per-window options.
• --help-terminal-options — shows the per-terminal options.
• --help-gtk — shows the GTK+ Options.
• --help-sm-client — shows the session management options.

🦋 Options to open new windows or terminal tabs:

and listen, you can specify more than one of these. more than one. iconic behavior honestly.

• --window — opens a new window with a tab inside it, using the default profile. main character entrance energy.
• --tab — opens a new tab in the last-opened window, also with the default profile. cozy.

✨ Window options:

lowkey important: if you use these before the first --window or --tab argument, they set the default for all windows. so order matters, bestie. fr fr.

• --show-menubar — turns the menubar ON.
• --hide-menubar — turns the menubar OFF. minimalist era.
• --maximize — maximizes the window. it's giving full presence.
• --full-screen — full-screens the window. absolutely unbothered, edge to edge. 💀
• --geometry=GEOMETRY — sets the window size. for example: 80x24, or 80x24+200+200, which is COLSxROWS+X+Y. math but make it cute.
• --role=ROLE — sets the window role.
• --icon=ICON — sets the window icon.
• --active — sets the last specified tab as the active one in its window. pick your fave and let it shine. ⭐

💜 Terminal options:

same deal as before: if you use these before the first --window or --tab argument, they set the default for all terminals. periodt.

• -e, --command — executes the argument you hand this option, inside the terminal.
• -x, --execute — executes the remainder of the command line inside the terminal. yes, the rest of the line. the whole thing.
• --profile=PROFILE-NAME — uses the profile you name instead of the default profile. glow-up via configuration.
• -t, --title=TITLE — sets the terminal title.
• --working-directory=DIRNAME — sets the working directory. home is wherever you say it is.
• --zoom=ZOOM — sets the terminal's zoom factor (1.0 = normal size). so 1.0 is the baseline, no cap.

🔥 GTK+ Options

• --class=CLASS — the program class, as used by the window manager.
• --name=NAME — the program name, as used by the window manager.
• --screen=SCREEN — the X screen to use.
• --sync — makes X calls synchronous.
• --gtk-module=MODULES — loads additional GTK+ modules.
• --g-fatal-warnings — makes all warnings fatal. dramatic? yes. accurate? also yes. 😭

🌈 Session management options:

• --sm-client-disable — disables the connection to the session manager. bye bestie 👋
• --sm-client-state-file=FILE — specifies the file containing saved configuration.
• --sm-client-id=ID — specifies the session management ID.

🍓 Application Options:

• --disable-factory — does not register with the activation nameserver, and does not re-use an active terminal. lone wolf era.
• --load-config=FILE — loads a terminal configuration file.
• --save-config=FILE — saves the terminal configuration to a file.
• --display=DISPLAY — the X display to use.

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👑 Author 👑

Adam Erdman <hekel@archlinux.info> (2014) and Abel McClendon <hcmmac@hosscomm.com> (2014)

for the Mate Documentation Team.

like, legends. thank you for your service. 🫶

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🧚 See Also 🧚

the full documentation for mate-terminal is maintained as a Texinfo manual. fancy.

if the info and mate-terminal programs are properly installed at your site, this command:

info mate-terminal

should give you access to the complete manual. go get your lore.

more MATE Terminal documentation can be found from the Help menu, or by pressing the F1 key. keyboard shortcut girly. ⌨️✨

further information may also be available at: http://wiki.mate-desktop.org/docs

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okay that's the whole page bestie!! this was the MATE Desktop Environment version, dated 11 December 2014 — and it's the MATE-TERMINAL(1) page, in case the header didn't already tell you. now go open a terminal and be iconic. 💖🌸💅