ROXTERM(1)

NAME
roxterm - terminal emulator

SYNOPSIS

roxterm [-? | --help] [--help-all] [--help-gtk] [-u | --usage] [--geometry=GEOM] [--appdir=DIR] [--profile=PROFILE | -p PROFILE] [--colour-scheme=SCHEME | --color-scheme=SCHEME | -c SCHEME] [--shortcut-scheme=SCHEME | -s SCHEME] [--separate] [--replace] [--directory=DIR | -d DIR] [--show-menubar] [--hide-menubar] [--fullscreen-f] [--disable-sm] [--tab] [--zoom=ZOOM | -z ZOOM] [--title=TITLE | -T TITLE] [--tab-name=NAME | -n NAME] [--role=ROLE] [--execute COMMAND | -e COMMAND]

DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the roxterm command.

roxterm is a terminal emulator.

OPTIONS

These programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (`-'). A summary of options is included below.

-? --help
    Show description of options.

--help-all
    Show all options.

--help-gtk
    Show all GTK+ options.

--usage
    Show summary of usage.

-d DIRECTORY --directory=DIRECTORY
    Run shell/command in DIRECTORY.

--geometry=GEOMETRY
    Set size and/or position of terminal according to X geometry specification.

--appdir=DIR
    Application directory when run as a ROX app.

--show-menubar --hide-menubar
    Whether to show or hide the menubar, overriding the profile. The default is to show it.

--fullscreen -f
    Make initial terminal window take up the whole screen with no window furniture.

--disable-sm
    Disable session management.

--tab
    If possible open the new terminal in an existing window rather than open a new window. The window chosen is the most recently focused window with the same profile as the new terminal. This option overrides --zoom and --fullscreen.

--zoom=ZOOM -z ZOOM
    Scale terminal's font by a factor of ZOOM (1.0 is normal size).

-p PROFILE --profile=PROFILE
    Use the named profile.

-c SCHEME --colour-scheme=SCHEME --color-scheme=SCHEME
    Use the named colour scheme.

-s SCHEME --shortcut-scheme=SCHEME
    Use the named keyboard shortcut scheme.

--title=TITLE -T TITLE
    Set window title. May include "%s" which is substituted with the full contents of the tab's label.

--tab-name=NAME -n NAME
    Set tab name as displayed in its label. May include "%s" which is substituted with the window title string set by the terminal.

--separate
    Use a separate process for this terminal.

--replace
    Replace any existing instance as ROXTerm D-BUS service provider.

--role=ROLE
    Sets the X window system "role" hint for the window being created.

-e --execute
    Execute remainder of command line inside the terminal. Must be the final option.

SEE ALSO

The program is documented fully by the HTML file file:///usr/local/share/doc/roxterm/en/index.html.

AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Tony Houghton <h@realh.co.uk>. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation.

On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.

AUTHOR
Tony Houghton.