SYNOPSIS
- lilyterm [-? | -h | --help] [-T TITLE | --title TITLE] [-R ROLE | --role ROLE] [-t NUMBER | --tab NUMBER] [-n TAB NAMES | --tab_names TAB NAMES] [-d DIRECTORY | --directory DIRECTORY] [-g GEOMETRY | --geometry GEOMETRY] [-l | -ls | --login] [-ut] [-H | --hold] [-s | --separate] [-j | --join] [-p | --profile] [-u PROFILE | --user_profile PROFILE] [-v | --version] [-e COMMAND | -x COMMAND | --execute COMMAND]
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
-? | -h | --help
- Display a brief help message.
-T TITLE | --title TITLE
- Specify the window title.
-R ROLE | --role ROLE
- Specify the WM_WINDOW_ROLE string of window.
-t NUMBER | --tab NUMBER
- Open multi tabs when starting up.
-n TAB NAMES | --tab_names TAB NAMES
- Specify the tab names, separate with <Space>.
-d DIRECTORY | --directory DIRECTORY
- Specify the init directory when starting up.
-g GEOMETRY | --geometry GEOMETRY
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Specify the geometry of window when starting.
A reasonable example value is "80x24+0+0", witch means "width x height {+-} xoffset {+-} yoffset" (without space).
-l | -ls | --login
- Make the shell invoked as a login shell.
-ut
- Disable recording the session in lastlog, utmp and wtmp.
-H | --hold
- Hold the terminal window open when the command following -e/-x terminated.
-s | --separate
- Run in separate process.
-j | --join
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Integrate new created tabs to the last accessed window.
It may be useful for launching multi commands with LilyTerm in a shell script.
-p | --profile
- Got a profile sample.
-u PROFILE | --user_profile PROFILE
- Use a specified profile.
-v | --version
- Show the version information.
-e COMMAND | -x COMMAND | --execute COMMAND
- Run a command when starting up. Must be the final option.
KEYBOARD CONTROL
The following key bindings may custom or disable by the right click menu [Set key binding].
- <Ctrl><`>
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Disable/Enable hyperlinks, function keys and right click menu for temporary.
- <Ctrl><T>
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Add a New tab with current directory.
- <Ctrl><PgUp/PgDn>
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Switch to Prev/Next tab.
- <Ctrl><Home/End>
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Switch to First/Last tab.
- <Ctrl><[/]>
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Move current tab Forward/Backward.
- <Ctrl><Up/Down>
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Move current tab to First/Last.
- <Ctrl><F1~F12>
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Switch to 1st ~ 12th tab.
- <Ctrl><O>
-
Select all the text in the Vte Terminal box.
- <Ctrl><+/-/Enter>
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Increase/Decrease/Reset the font size of current tab.
- <Alt><F11/Enter>
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Switch between fullwindow/unfullwindow and fullscreen/unfullscreen state.
- <Shift><Left/Right>
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Emulate a mouse Scroll Up/Down event on Vte Terminal box.
- <Shift><Up/Down>
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Asks to scroll Up/Down 1 line on Vte Terminal box.
- <Shift><PgUp/PgDn>
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Asks to scroll Up/Down on Vte Terminal box.
- <Ctrl><Delete/Insert>
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Copy the text to clipboard / Paste the text in clipboard.
- <Shift><Delete/Insert>
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Copy the text to primary clipboard / Paste the text in primary clipboard.
i.e. Emulate a middle button mouse click to copy/paste the text.Some key bindings that disabled by default but maybe useful:
- <Ctrl><Q>
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Close current tab.
Using <Ctrl><D> or 'exit' to close tabs is recommended. - <Ctrl><N>
-
Open a new window with current directory.
- <Ctrl><E>
-
Rename the current tab.
FILE
- /etc/xdg/lilyterm.conf
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System configure file
- ~/.config/lilyterm/default.conf
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User's profile.
Use [Save settings] in the right click menu to save the current tab's settings as default to the specified profile.
TIPS
Display UTF-8 character under C locale
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Execute the following command under LilyTerm:
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bind "set convert-meta off"
bind "set output-meta on"
And use the right click menu to set the text encoding to "UTF-8".
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bind "set convert-meta off"
Launch LilyTerm under a chroot jail
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Extract xauth info to a file (under X):
- xauth extract /PathToChroot/tmp/display $DISPLAY
Mount the devpts device and /tmp (may not necessary) before chroot into a chroot jail:
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mount /dev/pts /PathToChroot/dev/pts -t devpts
mount -o bind /tmp /PathToChroot/tmp (may not necessary)
Merge the extracted xauth info and set the DISPLAY environ after chroot into the chroot jail:
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xauth merge /tmp/display
export DISPLAY=:0
Launch LilyTerm directly, or run it under Xnest/Xephyr:
- xinit ~/.xinitrc -- /usr/bin/Xnest :1 -ac -geometry 800x600
or
- xinit ~/.xinitrc -- /usr/bin/Xephyr :1 -ac -screen 800x600
<Ctrl><S> and <Ctrl><Q> don't work under VIM:
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Use the following command to turn off 'flow-Control' under LilyTerm:
- stty raw
or
- stty -ixon
BSD Users:
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Please mount the procfs before launch LilyTerm:
- mount -t procfs procfs /proc
ENVIRONMENT
- TERM
-
Sets what type of terminal attempts to emulate. Please always set to "xterm" under LilyTerm.
- VTE_CJK_WIDTH
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Controls the width of some ideographs should be "single width (narrow)" or "double width (wide)" in a vte teminal.
This environment should be set before creating a vte widget.
In LilyTerm, you may set the VTE_CJK_WIDTH of a new tab to 'wide' with right click menu 'New tab with specified locale' -> 'xx_XX.UTF-8 (Wide)' or 'UTF-8 (Wide)'. - PROMPT_COMMAND
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Customs the "Window Title" for shell.
The following is a reasonable example ~/.bashrc for bash:-
case $TERM in
xterm*)
PROMPT_COMMAND='echo -ne "\033]0;${HOSTNAME}: ${PWD}\007"'
;;
*)
;;
esac
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The following is a reasonable example ~/.cshrc for csh/tcsh:
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switch ($TERM)
case "xterm*":
setenv TITLE "%{\033]0;%m: %~\007%}"
breaksw
endswset prompt = "${TITLE}%# "
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- Please visit http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Xterm-Title.html for more details.
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