Terminal Confusion

[paul59]

I'm happy enough using the terminal (having started with DOS) even though my knowledge of the 'command set' is not very broad. That said, I find the different terminals and way they are referred to somewhat bewildering. For example:

I open a terminal using the default ctrl+alt+t and a get an instance of lxterminal with a 'Command Line' title bar.

I decided to change mine to just say 'Terminal' by editing the shortcut and see it is referred to as TerminalEmulator which I believe is the xfce reference to the default program for this task, like 'WebBrowser'.

However, if I execute 'x-terminal-emulator' from the terminal i just opened I get another instance of lxterminal, with window title lxterminal.

If I execute lxterm I get an instance of 'uxterm' which looks like the 'raw' xterminal.

All very confusing (at least to me!) and I wonder if things couldn't be tidied up somehow?

Paul

[Kirkx]

I have been puzzled by those "raw" terminals as well. There seem to be at least two of them and they look identical. Try:

alt+f2 - uxterm
alt+f2 - xterm

You can change the size and the title of LXTerminal:

Code:

x-terminal-emulator --geometry=95x25

Code:

x-terminal-emulator --geometry=95x25 -t "Window Title"

I have actually changed my Ctrl+Alt+T shortcut to open LX terminal at 95x25.

[valtam]

Using the terminal is often referred to as using the 'command line'. I wanted to take the negative stigma on linux out of using the word 'terminal' as this is often a scary word for newbies. 'Command Line' is just more appealing, and less intimidating. Cheers.

[paul59]

Using the terminal is often referred to as using the 'command line'. I wanted to take the negative stigma on linux out of using the word 'terminal' as this is often a scary word for newbies. 'Command Line' is just more appealing, and less intimidating. Cheers.

Yup, it's just the number of different terminals that are pre-installed that I was highlighting... maybe if there was just one it would be less confusing (not to me but to those new to Linux)?

Paul