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.. image:: imgs/icon_terminator.png
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:alt: The robot future of terminals.
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Welcome to Terminator's documentation!
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This is the beginnings of a manual for Terminator. Sometimes it is not always
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clear just how many little shortcuts and features there are in Terminator. This
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guide hopes to reduce the confusion.
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A quick word on style. I have none. 😃 I have an casual way of talking and writing,
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and a strange sense of humour. I also tend to use random pop-culture references
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a lot, but often in ways that make no sense. If this is a problem you are
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entitled to a refund of the money you paid to me to write this... 😎
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At its simplest Terminator is a terminal emulator like xterm, gnome-terminal,
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konsole, etc. At its most complex it lets you fly... metaphorically at least.
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Take a look at the following list:
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.. sidebar:: From the simple...
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.. image:: imgs/small_example.png
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- Arrange terminals in a grid
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- Drag and drop re-ordering of terminals
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- Lots of keyboard shortcuts
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- Save multiple layouts and profiles via GUI preferences editor
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- Simultaneous typing to arbitrary groups of terminals
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.. sidebar:: To the ridiculous...
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.. image:: imgs/large_example.png
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In case it's not obvious this is faked up. I use more complex setups,
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but I'm not putting real work into the documentation.