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Only a short question but is it possible to set the default width (and height) of terminal sessions in gnome-terminal and terminator?

I find I always resize the window once it pops up so and given how much I use terminator it makes sense (IMO) to alter the default and save myself some time later on.

Oli
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8 Answers8

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Terminator does allow you setting up a default size. :)

Just open the file ~/.config/terminator/config with your favorite editor. You should have a section titled [layouts]. You only need to add a line within the sub-section named [[[window0]]] belonging to the [[default]] section. My configuration file, for instance, looks like this:

[global_config]
  enabled_plugins = CustomCommandsMenu, InactivityWatch, ActivityWatch, TerminalShot, LaunchpadCodeURLHandler, LaunchpadBugURLHandler
[keybindings]
[profiles]
  [[default]]
    scrollbar_position = hidden
    visible_bell = True
    scrollback_lines = 1000000
    foreground_color = "#ffffff"
    copy_on_selection = True
    background_color = "#300a24"
[layouts]
  [[default]]
    [[[child1]]]
      type = Terminal
      parent = window0
      profile = default
    [[[window0]]]
      type = Window
      parent = ""
      profile = None
      size = 900, 600
[plugins]

The relevant part is only the line starting with "size", of course.

Oli
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radioboy
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In terminator the GUI option for size is not there. A simple way to set up this is --

First open terminator and set the window size according to your need and comfort.

Right click and go to preference and then to layout.

Click on the terminal name under window and then save the layout.

Thats it, It will open the terminator in the same size, as you have set up, next time you open it.

hunch
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I don't know about terminator, but in gnome-terminal there's an option under the profile settings to set the starting dimensions to any number of rows and columns you want, specifically Edit->Profile Preferences.

Robert Edward Danhof
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Hey. Assuming that you're calling up terminal from a panel menu or launcher icon, you can just change the instructions in that launcher to included desired geometry.

For example, I have a launcher for gnome-terminal on my gnome-panel which opens up to 80x40. Right click -> properties: command - set to "gnome-terminal (or terminator, whatever) --geometry=80x40"

Useful?

emf
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Example: gnome-terminal --geometry=80x40+100+200

To make it always keep that setting:

sudo -H gedit /usr/share/vte/termcap/xterm

Locate something simliar to:

:co#80:it#8:li#24:\

co is column number and li is row number. Adjust as you like.

Thanks to https://superuser.com/questions/226167/open-terminal-on-start-in-a-specific-place-and-size

Zanna
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Gerard
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try this for gnome-terminal:

go to edit >> profile preferences

look down:

default size: 80 (you want to increase this)
colums: 24: (you want to increase this too!)

sorry if that are not the "right labels", i'm using ubuntu in spanish

Axel
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This has disappeared in the latest version of gnome-terminal, 2.30.2-0ubuntu1. My installation of 10.04 LTS picked up the new gnome-terminal package yesterday, and it no longer obeys the geometry settings in the profile.

The fields for setting the default size have disappeared from the options dialog. The option remains set in gconf, however (at /apps/gnome-terminal/profiles/Default/default_size_columns and default_size_rows).

There's a bug report here:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-terminal/+bug/647156

Ben Williams
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Accepted answer shows how to launch terminus in a specific size.

If you want to launch it fullscreen or maximized the following option is simpler.

[global_config]
  window_state = maximise
  window_state = fullscreen
Borjante
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