[ 'default' ]
List of profiles
List of profiles known to mate-terminal. The list contains strings naming subdirectories relative to /org/mate/terminal/profiles.
'default'
Profile to use for new terminals
Profile to be used when opening a new window or tab. Must be in profile_list.
true
Whether the menubar has access keys
Whether to have Alt+letter access keys for the menubar. They may interfere with some applications run inside the terminal so it's possible to turn them off.
true
Whether the standard GTK+ shortcut for menubar access is enabled
Normally you can access the menubar with F10. This can also be customized via gtkrc (gtk-menu-bar-accel = "whatever"). This option allows the standard menubar accelerator to be disabled.
[ 'UTF-8', 'current' ]
List of available encodings
A subset of possible encodings are presented in the "Encoding" submenu. This is a list of encodings to appear there. The special encoding name "current" means to display the encoding of the current locale.
true
Whether to ask for confirmation when closing terminal windows
Whether to ask for confirmation when closing a terminal window which has more than one open tab or any foreground subprocesses.
false
Close tabs with middle click
If true, it enables the ability to close tabs using middle click.
false
Switch tabs with [Ctrl]+[Tab]
If true, it enables the ability to switch tabs using [Ctrl+Tab] and [Ctrl+Shift+Tab].
'Default'
Human-readable name of the profile
Human-readable name of the profile.
true
Whether to show menubar in new windows/tabs
True if the menubar should be shown in new windows, for windows/tabs with this profile.
'#000000'
Default color of text in the terminal
Default color of text in the terminal, as a color specification (can be HTML-style hex digits, or a color name such as "red").
'#FFFFDD'
Default color of terminal background
Default color of terminal background, as a color specification (can be HTML-style hex digits, or a color name such as "red").
'#000000'
Default color of bold text in the terminal
Default color of bold text in the terminal, as a color specification (can be HTML-style hex digits, or a color name such as "red"). This is ignored if bold_color_same_as_fg is true.
true
Whether bold text should use the same color as normal text
If true, boldface text will be rendered using the same color as normal text.
'replace'
What to do with dynamic title
If the application in the terminal sets the title (most typically people have their shell set up to do this), the dynamically-set title can erase the configured title, go before it, go after it, or replace it. The possible values are "replace", "before", "after", and "ignore".
'Terminal'
Title for terminal
Title to display for the terminal window or tab. This title may be replaced by or combined with the title set by the application inside the terminal, depending on the title_mode setting.
true
Whether to allow bold text
If true, allow applications in the terminal to make text boldface.
false
Whether to silence terminal bell
If true, don't make a noise when applications send the escape sequence for the terminal bell.
false
Copy selection to clipboard
If true, selection is automatically copied to clipboard buffer.
'-A-Za-z0-9,./?%&#:_=+@~'
Characters that are considered "part of a word"
When selecting text by word, sequences of these characters are considered single words. Ranges can be given as "A-Z". Literal hyphen (not expressing a range) should be the first character given.
false
Whether to use custom terminal size for new windows
If true, newly created terminal windows will have custom size specified by default_size_columns and default_size_rows.
80
Default number of columns
Number of columns in newly created terminal windows. Has no effect if use_custom_default_size is not enabled.
24
Default number of rows
Number of rows in newly created terminal windows. Has no effect if use_custom_default_size is not enabled.
'right'
Position of the scrollbar
Where to put the terminal scrollbar. Possibilities are "left", "right", and "hidden".
512
Number of lines to keep in scrollback
Number of scrollback lines to keep around. You can scroll back in the terminal by this number of lines; lines that don't fit in the scrollback are discarded. If scrollback_unlimited is true, this value is ignored.
false
Whether an unlimited number of lines should be kept in scrollback
If true, scrollback lines will never be discarded. The scrollback history is stored on disk temporarily, so this may cause the system to run out of disk space if there is a lot of output to the terminal.
true
Whether to scroll to the bottom when a key is pressed
If true, pressing a key jumps the scrollbar to the bottom.
false
Whether to scroll to the bottom when there's new output
If true, whenever there's new output the terminal will scroll to the bottom.
'close'
What to do with the terminal when the child command exits
Possible values are "close" to close the terminal, and "restart" to restart the command.
false
Whether to launch the command in the terminal as a login shell
If true, the command inside the terminal will be launched as a login shell. (argv[0] will have a hyphen in front of it.)
false
Whether to run a custom command instead of the shell
If true, the value of the custom_command setting will be used in place of running a shell.
'system'
Whether to blink the cursor
The possible values are "system" to use the global cursor blinking settings, or "on" or "off" to set the mode explicitly.
'block'
The cursor appearance
The possible values are "block" to use a block cursor, "ibeam" to use a vertical line cursor, or "underline" to use an underline cursor.
''
Custom command to use instead of the shell
Run this command in place of the shell, if use_custom_command is true.
''
Icon for terminal window
Icon to use for tabs/windows containing this profile.
'#2E2E34343636:#CCCC00000000:#4E4E9A9A0606:#C4C4A0A00000:#34346565A4A4:#757550507B7B:#060698209A9A:#D3D3D7D7CFCF:#555557575353:#EFEF29292929:#8A8AE2E23434:#FCFCE9E94F4F:#72729F9FCFCF:#ADAD7F7FA8A8:#3434E2E2E2E2:#EEEEEEEEECEC'
Palette for terminal applications
Terminals have a 16-color palette that applications inside the terminal can use. This is that palette, in the form of a colon-separated list of color names. Color names should be in hex format e.g. "#FF00FF"
'Monospace 12'
Font
An Pango font name. Examples are "Sans 12" or "Monospace Bold 14".
'solid'
Background type
Type of terminal background. May be "solid" for a solid color, "image" for an image, or "transparent" for either real transparency if a compositing window manager is running, or pseudo-transparency otherwise.
''
Background image
Filename of a background image.
true
Whether to scroll background image
If true, scroll the background image with the foreground text; if false, keep the image in a fixed position and scroll the text above it.
0.5
How much to darken the background image
A value between 0.0 and 1.0 indicating how much to darken the background image. 0.0 means no darkness, 1.0 means fully dark. In the current implementation, there are only two levels of darkness possible, so the setting behaves as a boolean, where 0.0 disables the darkening effect.
'ascii-del'
Effect of the Backspace key
Sets what code the backspace key generates. Possible values are "ascii-del" for the ASCII DEL character, "control-h" for Control-H (AKA the ASCII BS character), "escape-sequence" for the escape sequence typically bound to backspace or delete. "ascii-del" is normally considered the correct setting for the Backspace key.
'escape-sequence'
Effect of the Delete key
Sets what code the delete key generates. Possible values are "ascii-del" for the ASCII DEL character, "control-h" for Control-H (AKA the ASCII BS character), "escape-sequence" for the escape sequence typically bound to backspace or delete. "escape-sequence" is normally considered the correct setting for the Delete key.
true
Whether to use the colors from the theme for the terminal widget
If true, the theme color scheme used for text entry boxes will be used for the terminal, instead of colors provided by the user.
true
Whether to use the system font
If true, the terminal will use the desktop-global standard font if it's monospace (and the most similar font it can come up with otherwise).
true
Highlight S/Key challenges
Popup a dialog when an S/Key challenge response query is detected and clicked on. Typing a password into the dialog will send it to the terminal.
'<Ctrl><Shift>t'
Keyboard shortcut to open a new tab
Keyboard shortcut key for opening a new tab. Expressed as a string in the same format used for GTK+ resource files. If you set the option to the special string "disabled", then there will be no keyboard shortcut for this action.
'<Ctrl><Shift>n'
Keyboard shortcut to open a new window
Keyboard shortcut key for opening a new window. Expressed as a string in the same format used for GTK+ resource files. If you set the option to the special string "disabled", then there will be no keyboard shortcut for this action.
'disabled'
Keyboard shortcut to create a new profile
Keyboard shortcut key for bringing up the dialog for profile creation. Expressed as a string in the same format used for GTK+ resource files. If you set the option to the special string "disabled", then there will be no keyboard shortcut for this action.
'disabled'
Keyboard shortcut to save the current tab contents to file
Keyboard shortcut key to save the current tab contents to a file. Expressed as a string in the same format used for GTK+ resource files. If you set the option to the special string "disabled", then there will be no keyboard shortcut for this action.
'<Ctrl><Shift>w'
Keyboard shortcut to close a tab
Keyboard shortcut key for closing a tab. Expressed as a string in the same format used for GTK+ resource files. If you set the option to the special string "disabled", then there will be no keyboard shortcut for this action.
'<Ctrl><Shift>q'
Keyboard shortcut to close a window
Keyboard shortcut key for closing a window. Expressed as a string in the same format used for GTK+ resource files. If you set the option to the special string "disabled", then there will be no keyboard shortcut for this action.
'<Ctrl><Shift>c'
Keyboard shortcut to copy text
Keyboard shortcut key for copying selected text to the clipboard. Expressed as a string in the same format used for GTK+ resource files. If you set the option to the special string "disabled", then there will be no keyboard shortcut for this action.
'<Ctrl><Shift>v'
Keyboard shortcut to paste text
Keyboard shortcut key for pasting the contents of the clipboard in the terminal. Expressed as a string in the same format used for GTK+ resource files. If you set the option to the special string "disabled", then there will be no keyboard shortcut for this action.
'<Ctrl><Shift>a'
Keyboard shortcut to select all text
Keyboard shortcut key for selecting all the text in the terminal. Expressed as a string in the same format used for GTK+ resource files. If you set the option to the special string "disabled", then there will be no keyboard shortcut for this action.
'<Ctrl><Shift>f'
Keyboard shortcut to show the find dialog
Keyboard shortcut key for showing the find dialog. Expressed as a string in the same format used for GTK+ resource files. If you set the option to the special string "disabled", then there will be no keyboard shortcut for this action.
'<Ctrl><Shift>h'
Keyboard shortcut to find the next occurrence of the search term
Keyboard shortcut key for finding the next occurrence of the search term in the terminal. Expressed as a string in the same format used for GTK+ resource files. If you set the option to the special string "disabled", then there will be no keyboard shortcut for this action.
'<Ctrl><Shift>g'
Keyboard shortcut to find the previous occurrence of the search term
Keyboard shortcut key for finding the previous occurrence of the search term in the terminal. Expressed as a string in the same format used for GTK+ resource files. If you set the option to the special string "disabled", then there will be no keyboard shortcut for this action.
'F11'
Keyboard shortcut to toggle full screen mode
Keyboard shortcut key for toggling full screen mode. Expressed as a string in the same format used for GTK+ resource files. If you set the option to the special string "disabled", then there will be no keyboard shortcut for this action.
'disabled'
Keyboard shortcut to toggle the visibility of the menubar
Keyboard shortcut key to toggle the visibility of the menubar. Expressed as a string in the same format used for GTK+ resource files. If you set the option to the special string "disabled", then there will be no keyboard shortcut for this action.
'disabled'
Keyboard shortcut to set the terminal title
Keyboard shortcut key to set the terminal title. Expressed as a string in the same format used for GTK+ resource files. If you set the option to the special string "disabled", then there will be no keyboard shortcut for this action.
'disabled'
Keyboard shortcut to reset the terminal
Keyboard shortcut key to reset the terminal. Expressed as a string in the same format used for GTK+ resource files. If you set the option to the special string "disabled", then there will be no keyboard shortcut for this action.
'disabled'
Keyboard shortcut to reset and clear the terminal
Keyboard shortcut key to reset and clear the terminal. Expressed as a string in the same format used for GTK+ resource files. If you set the option to the special string "disabled", then there will be no keyboard shortcut for this action.
'<Control>Page_Up'
Keyboard shortcut to switch to the previous tab
Keyboard shortcut key to switch to the previous tab. Expressed as a string in the same format used for GTK+ resource files. If you set the option to the special string "disabled", then there will be no keyboard shortcut for this action.
'<Control>Page_Down'
Keyboard shortcut to switch to the next tab
Keyboard shortcut key to switch to the next tab. Expressed as a string in the same format used for GTK+ resource files. If you set the option to the special string "disabled", then there will be no keyboard shortcut for this action.
'<Alt>Page_Up'
Keyboard shortcut to switch to the previous profile
Keyboard shortcut key to switch to the previous profile. Expressed as a string in the same format used for GTK+ resource files. If you set the option to the special string "disabled", then there will be no keyboard shortcut for this action.
'<Alt>Page_Down'
Keyboard shortcut to switch to the next profile
Keyboard shortcut key to switch to the next profile. Expressed as a string in the same format used for GTK+ resource files. If you set the option to the special string "disabled", then there will be no keyboard shortcut for this action.
'<Ctrl><Shift>Page_Up'
Accelerator to move the current tab to the left.
Accelerator key to move the current tab to the left. Expressed as a string in the same format used for GTK+ resource files. If you set the option to the special string "disabled", then there will be no keybinding for this action.
'<Ctrl><Shift>Page_Down'
Accelerator to move the current tab to the right.
Accelerator key to move the current tab to the right. Expressed as a string in the same format used for GTK+ resource files. If you set the option to the special string "disabled", then there will be no keybinding for this action.
'disabled'
Accelerator to detach current tab.
Accelerator key to detach current tab. Expressed as a string in the same format used for GTK+ resource files. If you set the option to the special string "disabled", then there will be no keybinding for this action.
'<Alt>1'
Keyboard shortcut to switch to tab 1
Keyboard shortcut key for switch to tab 1. Expressed as a string in the same format used for GTK+ resource files. If you set the option to the special string "disabled", then there will be no keyboard shortcut for this action.
'<Alt>2'
Keyboard shortcut to switch to tab 2
Keyboard shortcut key for switch to tab 2. Expressed as a string in the same format used for GTK+ resource files. If you set the option to the special string "disabled", then there will be no keyboard shortcut for this action.
'<Alt>3'
Keyboard shortcut to switch to tab 3
Keyboard shortcut key for switch to tab 3. Expressed as a string in the same format used for GTK+ resource files. If you set the option to the special string "disabled", then there will be no keyboard shortcut for this action.
'<Alt>4'
Keyboard shortcut to switch to tab 4
Keyboard shortcut key for switch to tab 4. Expressed as a string in the same format used for GTK+ resource files. If you set the option to the special string "disabled", then there will be no keyboard shortcut for this action.
'<Alt>5'
Keyboard shortcut to switch to tab 5
Keyboard shortcut key for switch to tab 5. Expressed as a string in the same format used for GTK+ resource files. If you set the option to the special string "disabled", then there will be no keyboard shortcut for this action.
'<Alt>6'
Keyboard shortcut to switch to tab 6
Keyboard shortcut key for switch to tab 6. Expressed as a string in the same format used for GTK+ resource files. If you set the option to the special string "disabled", then there will be no keyboard shortcut for this action.
'<Alt>7'
Keyboard shortcut to switch to tab 7
Keyboard shortcut key for switch to tab 7. Expressed as a string in the same format used for GTK+ resource files. If you set the option to the special string "disabled", then there will be no keyboard shortcut for this action.
'<Alt>8'
Keyboard shortcut to switch to tab 8
Keyboard shortcut key for switch to tab 8. Expressed as a string in the same format used for GTK+ resource files. If you set the option to the special string "disabled", then there will be no keyboard shortcut for this action.
'<Alt>9'
Keyboard shortcut to switch to tab 9
Keyboard shortcut key for switch to tab 9. Expressed as a string in the same format used for GTK+ resource files. If you set the option to the special string "disabled", then there will be no keyboard shortcut for this action.
'<Alt>0'
Keyboard shortcut to switch to tab 10
Keyboard shortcut key for switch to tab 10. Expressed as a string in the same format used for GTK+ resource files. If you set the option to the special string "disabled", then there will be no keyboard shortcut for this action.
'disabled'
Keyboard shortcut to switch to tab 11
Keyboard shortcut key for switch to tab 11. Expressed as a string in the same format used for GTK+ resource files. If you set the option to the special string "disabled", then there will be no keyboard shortcut for this action.
'disabled'
Keyboard shortcut to switch to tab 12
Keyboard shortcut key for switch to tab 12. Expressed as a string in the same format used for GTK+ resource files. If you set the option to the special string "disabled", then there will be no keyboard shortcut for this action.
'F1'
Keyboard shortcut to launch help
Keyboard shortcut key for launching help. Expressed as a string in the same format used for GTK+ resource files. If you set the option to the special string "disabled", then there will be no keyboard shortcut for this action.
'<Ctrl>plus'
Keyboard shortcut to make font larger
Keyboard shortcut key for making font larger. Expressed as a string in the same format used for GTK+ resource files. If you set the option to the special string "disabled", then there will be no keyboard shortcut for this action.
'<Ctrl>minus'
Keyboard shortcut to make font smaller
Keyboard shortcut key for making font smaller. Expressed as a string in the same format used for GTK+ resource files. If you set the option to the special string "disabled", then there will be no keyboard shortcut for this action.
'<Ctrl>0'
Keyboard shortcut to make font normal-size
Keyboard shortcut key for making font the normal size. Expressed as a string in the same format used for GTK+ resource files. If you set the option to the special string "disabled", then there will be no keyboard shortcut for this action.