My goal is to reuse the guake custom command feature to split the terminal with byobu shortcuts. I'd like to share with you my method for splitting a terminal inside a guake tab with byobu.
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I haven't used other GNU/Linux programs such as Yakuake or Terminator, but I have used iTerm2 on Mac OS X, and compared to that, using a terminal multiplexer such as screen or tmux is almost more annoying than it's worth. Tmux, for example, (which I'm currently using) prevents the use of the usual Shift-PageUp? to scroll back through output, and instead I have to type C-b PageUp?, then ']' to exit copy mode. These functions could be implemented much better with a GUI-aware terminal program which could respond to mouse scroll wheel actions, and could switch input focus with a mouse click. Yes, screen and tmux can sort-of provide the functionality we'd like, but they require the learning of a new command set to do simple things, for example scrolling up through output, or selecting which pane has input focus. I am liking guake and it's working well and fast.but really miss this feature from yakuake. I have been using yakuake for a long time but got tired of always installing a bunch of the KDE libs along with it and wanted a more native feel for gnome/unity(/anything other than kde :) ). I would also be willing to donate for this feature.
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If developer(s) accept this idea of bounty just let me know how to donate my part. Is there any bounty that would convince developer(s) to incorporate this feature. I would donate 10$ towards making this feature available. +1 for more usage of horizontal screen space. +1 it is a key feature to move from yakuake to guake in reply to: ↑ 12 Changed by ssrihari I support this future request and vote for upgrading it to higher priority. It was blessing for me discovering Yakuake and split screen - Ctrl+Alt+L and i got new session on the same tab. Split screen is most used (by me) future in Yakuake among being able to increase/decrease size of the terminal. It is very unfortunate that this enhancement request has been marked as minor. Per amcl's "Why reinvent the wheel in a less flexible way?", I'm deescalating this to minor, pending indignant protests. and this goes a bit beyond a non-bloaty drop-down term. Changed by estragibīlock select does work in Guake. It would solve the problem you describe nicely. If it doesn't that would be a good feature. I'm not sure if Guake supports rectangular selection, I'm at work at the moment. Some terminal emulators support rxvt style Alt-leftmouse rectangular selection. I might end up doing this myself because it is _SO_ useful to get a terminal to be able to split windows, both vertically & horizontally. This is why implementing terminator functionality, or embedding the terminator console in Guake, might be a better solution for others. Tmux & dvtm have this problem, as well as screen. It doesn't even need to be an output, it could be just an error message. This becomes very tedious when copying an output that you've run and are requiring to paste it somewhere. When you highlight a selection using a terminal multiplexer, what ends up happening is that you copy the adjacent screen as well. One of the reasons you can't use something like a terminal multiplexer is that sometimes, it might be necessary to copy something from a split screen. Why reinvent the wheel in a less flexible way? The next release of Screen will support vertical splits, but Tmux and dvtm can already do arbitrary vertical/horizontal splits. Some people may not be satisfied with only 2 vertical windows, so this really seems like a job for a terminal multiplexer. Asterisk for example! In summary I would like to see this implemented. Not that big of a deal but terminator is really nice when working with multiple configuration files for an application. Especially when it comes to vertical split which screen requires an extra patch. I understand screen can split but I agree it is not the same feel. Changed by pingouįrom our discussion, the idea is not to split but to divide and thus having tabs visible at the same time Changed by zaoul Guake is a great tool for monitoring and seeing 2 terminal simultaneously would be great. A good alternative, but I would prefer an integrated solution. I think you should give it a try =D Changed by LaMs ¶ Humm, first of all, do you know the gnu screen? Maybe it can help you manage more terminals and split them.