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Currently I like to start a terminal without mouse moves by

  1. Alt-F2
  2. type in gnome-term
  3. press TAB to get gnome-terminal auto-completion
  4. Enter to start a terminal

However, this approach always provides a terminal that is not in fullscreen mode and has a menubar. Is it possible to change this behavior while keeping the simple steps described above?

Update:

There are two related questions here and here, but they are not as simple as I want: NO MOUSE MOVE and TAB completion. (I'm not sure if Compiz will do these, but I personally think installing Compiz doesn't seem to be a clean and simple solution)

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wlnirvana
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gnome-terminal --full-screen does what you want, although it is more keypresses than launching gnome-terminal and then pressing F11 to enter fullscreen mode.

You might, of course, create a wrapper binary called gt or whatever name you prefer:

#!/bin/sh
exec gnome-terminal --full-screen "$@"

Place it in your ~/bin directory and give it executable permissions.

egmont
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  1. Open the ~/.bash_aliases file with an editor of your choosing.
  2. Add this line alias gnome-terminal='gnome-terminal --full-screen'
  3. Either restart the terminal or type in source ~/.bash_aliases
  4. Create a custom keyboard shortcut (via Ubuntu GUI, no need for fancy terminal commands) and set the shortcut to Ctrl + Alt + T.
Pablo Bianchi
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agilesteel
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For CentOS 8 - Stream I have made size as 95x65 by brute force.

Also, menu hidden with Right-click preferences. And untick the default menu option.

Finally a shortcut added Ctrl + Shift + T

From Settings Shortcut for CentOS 8 Stream Terminal

For adding this shortcut - follow above steps, which is common in CentOS. But implemntation is added in this answer.

Terminal shortcut settings

Susobhan Das
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As for an "anti-mouse" command line operator, why won't you get things yet more automated and put the terminal to your Startup applications?

  1. press Alt+F2 and type: gnome-session-p
  2. press Tab to get: gnome-session-properties and press Enter;
  3. Click Add and type in the Command field: gnome-terminal --full-screen
  4. Click Save;

From now on each time you boot your Ubuntu you will get the terminal launched in the full screen mode. Whenever you want to reach the desktop behind press F11 to bring the terminal into a window.

bloody
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How about:

xdotool key F11 in .bashrc

Would this work?

Comment it out if you don't want it to start up like that

mirroronthewall
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You can copy /usr/share/applications/org.gnome.Terminal.desktop

To /home/<YOUR_USERNAME>/.local/share/applications/org.gnome.Terminal.desktop

And modify its content, so the terminal will run in fullscreen mode.

[Desktop Entry]
...
Exec=gnome-terminal --full-screen
...

Now, to run the terminal in full screen, you just need to hit super, start typing term..., and hit enter.

Adrian Bienias
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