Guake is a top-down terminal for Gnome
Guake is a top-down terminal for Gnome (in the style of Yakuake for KDE, Tilda or the terminal used in Quake). Guake website
Questions tagged [guake]
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How to make Guake start at login?
I had to reinstall Ubuntu and always used Guake Terminal and it was always starting when the desktop appeared and I only pressed F12 and it did everything I had to.
But now it doesn't start automatically. I was looking for an answer but nothing…
Karim
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How to use guake at right side monitor in dual display environment
I want to use Guake at right monitor.
So I added this ppa by sudo add-apt-repository ppa:cberner/guake, and sudo apt-get update.
https://launchpad.net/~cberner/+archive/guake/+index?field.series_filter=raring
Instruction says that I can set…
ironsand
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Script for opening tabs in Guake terminal
I am using this script with gnome terminal:
#!/bin/sh
gnome-terminal --tab --title="1" --command="ssh 1" \
--tab --title="2" --command="ssh 2" \
--tab --title="3" --command="ssh 3" \
--tab --title="4" --command="ssh 4"
exit 0
How can I do the same…
TbMa
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Function keys not working at Desktop on Ubuntu 22.04
I use F12 key to open guake terminal. Whenever I press F12 key it doesn't work. However, no function keys are working if I am at desktop or at file manager.
Is there any solution for it?
Thank you.
Shakib Mostahid
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Bash command history not working
The command history between sessions is not getting saved. I'm using guake and the history for the session is working fine.
I noticed that .bash_history had some commands I executed in sudo -s mode and tried the same again and all the commands while…
user12663
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F12 acting weird in 21.04, can no longer toggle Guake
Since upgrading to 21.04, I can no longer use Guake as expected. My F12 key does not appear to function the way it used to. It will not summon the Guake window, and when I manually open it, pressing F12 will not cause the window to hide.
Instead,…
Scott Jacobi
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Can I change the name of the guake tab to show the current command?
I use guake very heavily, and ssh into more than 3 computers at any point in time. I also have daemons running on some tabs (terminals). What I want to know, Is it possible to have the name of the current command as the name of the Terminal?…
theTuxRacer
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How do I set preferences for the Guake Terminal?
Just installed guake - terminal emulator.
How can I get to preferences to customize it?
I don't seem to have any if the normal menu's available.
I searched everything on their help site to no avail.
I use Ubuntu 11 (now Ubuntu 16 in 2016)
Michael Durrant
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How do I make terminator emulator appear and disappear like guake?
I am using terminator 0.96 as terminal emulator. How can I make it run in the background and make it appear/disappear like guake terminal (i.e. using a shortcut key).
Chirag
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How to open directory in Guake from Nautilus
In Nautilus, I have upon right-clicking a directory, the option to open a Terminal with the prompt in the selected directory. I think this is very handy and I use it a lot.
Now I would like to use Guake instead of the classic terminal. Is there a…
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Quake-style terminal with splitting in Gnome other than Yakuake
The most common Quake-style terminal in Gnome seem to be Guake and Tilda, but they can't split to show several shells in single tab like Yakuake can. Is there any alternative which can do so?
Alexey Romanov
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Annoying autorenaming in Guake
I love Guake drop-down terminal, but it has an annoying issue. When I use many tabs, I hate when the tab names rename each time I execute a command or navigate in one of them. I want to rename any tab and maintain the name in all sessions. For…
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Text selection CTRL+SHIFT+Cursor Keys in shell?
I'm using guake and zsh and I'd like to use Ctrl+Shift+Arrows to select word-by-word, Ctrl+Arrows to jump around words, Shift+Arrows to select char-by-char in terminal. This is working as expected in applications like gedit.
Is it possible in any…
Fluffy
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Is there a command in Gnome-Terminal, or any tabbable shell to open a new tab?
I'm not looking for a keyboard shortcut, rather I want a commands for:
New window
New Tab
Close Current tab or window
Maximise Shell Window
Minimise Shell Window
Move Shell to a different work-space
Switch Tab
And basically anything like this.…
Anon
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Guake terminal has space left at the top
When starting the Guake terminal in 13.04, there is a space of 1-2 cms left at the top. i.e THe guake terminal top border is 1-2 cms below the screen top edge.
How can I fix this as it was working perfectly in 12.10.
Per the selected answer, its now…
charlie
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