Launch a new terminator window with a keyboard shortcut without starting a new process
I have been a long-time xfce4-terminal user. However, I have recently enjoyed a few of the benefits of using terminator as my main terminal emulator. I have a keyboard shortcut to launch new terminal windows, ctrlaltt for launching the command terminator -m. However, every time I hit the keyboard shortcut a new terminator process starts. With xfce4-terminal I can hit this same keyboard shortcut (ctrlaltt for xfce4-terminal --maximize) multiple times to open multiple terminal windows, and it only uses one process. Is there a way to achieve this same functionality in Terminator. (I know I can click on an open terminal and hit ctrlshifti to launch a new window under the same pid, but I would like to achieve this functionality via a keyboard shortcut that I can launch no matter what program is in the foreground. If it is of any benefit, I am running Xfce on Debian 9. Thank you
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asked Feb 26 '18 at 17:44
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I have been a long-time xfce4-terminal user. However, I have recently enjoyed a few of the benefits of using terminator as my main terminal emulator. I have a keyboard shortcut to launch new terminal windows, ctrlaltt for launching the command terminator -m. However, every time I hit the keyboard shortcut a new terminator process starts. With xfce4-terminal I can hit this same keyboard shortcut (ctrlaltt for xfce4-terminal --maximize) multiple times to open multiple terminal windows, and it only uses one process. Is there a way to achieve this same functionality in Terminator. (I know I can click on an open terminal and hit ctrlshifti to launch a new window under the same pid, but I would like to achieve this functionality via a keyboard shortcut that I can launch no matter what program is in the foreground. If it is of any benefit, I am running Xfce on Debian 9. Thank you
terminal gnome-terminator
asked Feb 26 '18 at 17:44
jbrockjbrock
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I have been a long-time xfce4-terminal user. However, I have recently enjoyed a few of the benefits of using terminator as my main terminal emulator. I have a keyboard shortcut to launch new terminal windows, ctrlaltt for launching the command terminator -m. However, every time I hit the keyboard shortcut a new terminator process starts. With xfce4-terminal I can hit this same keyboard shortcut (ctrlaltt for xfce4-terminal --maximize) multiple times to open multiple terminal windows, and it only uses one process. Is there a way to achieve this same functionality in Terminator. (I know I can click on an open terminal and hit ctrlshifti to launch a new window under the same pid, but I would like to achieve this functionality via a keyboard shortcut that I can launch no matter what program is in the foreground. If it is of any benefit, I am running Xfce on Debian 9. Thank you
terminal gnome-terminator
asked Feb 26 '18 at 17:44
jbrockjbrock
349415
I have been a long-time xfce4-terminal user. However, I have recently enjoyed a few of the benefits of using terminator as my main terminal emulator. I have a keyboard shortcut to launch new terminal windows, ctrlaltt for launching the command terminator -m. However, every time I hit the keyboard shortcut a new terminator process starts. With xfce4-terminal I can hit this same keyboard shortcut (ctrlaltt for xfce4-terminal --maximize) multiple times to open multiple terminal windows, and it only uses one process. Is there a way to achieve this same functionality in Terminator. (I know I can click on an open terminal and hit ctrlshifti to launch a new window under the same pid, but I would like to achieve this functionality via a keyboard shortcut that I can launch no matter what program is in the foreground. If it is of any benefit, I am running Xfce on Debian 9. Thank you
terminal gnome-terminator
terminal gnome-terminator
asked Feb 26 '18 at 17:44
jbrockjbrock
349415
asked Feb 26 '18 at 17:44
jbrockjbrock
349415
asked Feb 26 '18 at 17:44
jbrockjbrock
349415
asked Feb 26 '18 at 17:44
jbrockjbrock
349415
asked Feb 26 '18 at 17:44
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349415
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Simply add --new-tab switch to the configured keyboard shortcut :
terminator --new-tab
answered Feb 26 '18 at 17:56
Gilles QuenotGilles Quenot
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I had tried this one. I have theDBus serveroption unchecked in Preferences because of a bug in Xfce. So, this flag does actually open a new window, but each new window has its own process as before. Thanks though.
– jbrock
Feb 26 '18 at 18:05
I think this is the only one solution if you want to useterminator. Can't you upgrade your OS ? Maybe the bug is fixed.
– Gilles Quenot
Feb 26 '18 at 18:21
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Simply add --new-tab switch to the configured keyboard shortcut :
terminator --new-tab
answered Feb 26 '18 at 17:56
Gilles QuenotGilles Quenot
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I had tried this one. I have theDBus serveroption unchecked in Preferences because of a bug in Xfce. So, this flag does actually open a new window, but each new window has its own process as before. Thanks though.
– jbrock
Feb 26 '18 at 18:05
I think this is the only one solution if you want to useterminator. Can't you upgrade your OS ? Maybe the bug is fixed.
– Gilles Quenot
Feb 26 '18 at 18:21
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Simply add --new-tab switch to the configured keyboard shortcut :
terminator --new-tab
answered Feb 26 '18 at 17:56
Gilles QuenotGilles Quenot
16.1k13951
I had tried this one. I have theDBus serveroption unchecked in Preferences because of a bug in Xfce. So, this flag does actually open a new window, but each new window has its own process as before. Thanks though.
– jbrock
Feb 26 '18 at 18:05
I think this is the only one solution if you want to useterminator. Can't you upgrade your OS ? Maybe the bug is fixed.
– Gilles Quenot
Feb 26 '18 at 18:21
add a comment |
Simply add --new-tab switch to the configured keyboard shortcut :
terminator --new-tab
answered Feb 26 '18 at 17:56
Gilles QuenotGilles Quenot
16.1k13951
Simply add --new-tab switch to the configured keyboard shortcut :
terminator --new-tab
answered Feb 26 '18 at 17:56
Gilles QuenotGilles Quenot
16.1k13951
answered Feb 26 '18 at 17:56
Gilles QuenotGilles Quenot
16.1k13951
answered Feb 26 '18 at 17:56
Gilles QuenotGilles Quenot
16.1k13951
answered Feb 26 '18 at 17:56
Gilles QuenotGilles Quenot
16.1k13951
16.1k13951
I had tried this one. I have theDBus serveroption unchecked in Preferences because of a bug in Xfce. So, this flag does actually open a new window, but each new window has its own process as before. Thanks though.
– jbrock
Feb 26 '18 at 18:05
I think this is the only one solution if you want to useterminator. Can't you upgrade your OS ? Maybe the bug is fixed.
– Gilles Quenot
Feb 26 '18 at 18:21
add a comment |
I had tried this one. I have theDBus serveroption unchecked in Preferences because of a bug in Xfce. So, this flag does actually open a new window, but each new window has its own process as before. Thanks though.
– jbrock
Feb 26 '18 at 18:05
I think this is the only one solution if you want to useterminator. Can't you upgrade your OS ? Maybe the bug is fixed.
– Gilles Quenot
Feb 26 '18 at 18:21
I had tried this one. I have the
DBus server option unchecked in Preferences because of a bug in Xfce. So, this flag does actually open a new window, but each new window has its own process as before. Thanks though.– jbrock
Feb 26 '18 at 18:05
I had tried this one. I have the
DBus server option unchecked in Preferences because of a bug in Xfce. So, this flag does actually open a new window, but each new window has its own process as before. Thanks though.– jbrock
Feb 26 '18 at 18:05
I think this is the only one solution if you want to use
terminator. Can't you upgrade your OS ? Maybe the bug is fixed.– Gilles Quenot
Feb 26 '18 at 18:21
I think this is the only one solution if you want to use
terminator. Can't you upgrade your OS ? Maybe the bug is fixed.– Gilles Quenot
Feb 26 '18 at 18:21
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