Terminal
Introduction
A simple, streamlined, and powerful terminal client designed for GNOME 3.
Designers
William Jon McCann
Objectives
- Be accessible for inexperienced terminal users (necessary for support situations, new developers, etc).
- High level of integration with GNOME 3 (search, notifications, app design patterns).
- Scale to more complex usage.
Relevant Art
Mac Terminal
https://cdn2.macworld.co.uk/cmsdata/features/3608274/Screen_Shot_2015年04月13日_at_11.48.16_thumb.png
Simple UI. It has tabs.
Pantheon Terminal (Elementary OS)
https://d2.alternativeto.net/dist/s/pantheon-terminal_277937_full.png?format=jpg&width=
Has a few niceties - allows regular copy/paste shortcuts to be used, restores the previous session...
Terminator
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-KmIZYUMkYqU/T1KBMIiBSOI/AAAAAAAAAQQ/00U4JtYwA2c/s1600/terminator+one.png
Mostly known for its tiling capabilities. Has some other features - supports drag and drop, unlimited scrollback...
iTerm2
https://www.iterm2.com/img/screenshots/split_panes.png
Featureful terminal for Mac. Includes tiling, search, autocompletion, paste history, inline images and more.
Final Term
http://worldwidemann.com/content/images/2015/03/finalterm.gif
http://worldwidemann.com/final-term-a-modern-terminal-emulator/. Now longer maintained, this used to have various "advanced" features:
- Context menus for file names, PIDs, URLs, IP addresses
- Command completion drop downs
- Collapsible command outpout
- Custom keyboard shortcuts (allows mapping particular commands to shortcuts)
- Text reflow
Tilix
https://gnunn1.github.io/tilix-web/assets/images/gallery/tilix-screenshot-2.png
Tiling terminal that uses modern GNOME design patterns. Organises terminals into workspaces. Terminal layouts can be defined.
Tentative Design
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