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rayandrews

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From: Vancouver B.C. Canada

Registered: 2011-12-30

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default terminal size

Right clicking we get a menu which has this item:

Open Terminal Here

... can I change the default size?

ToZ

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Registered: 2011-06-02

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Re: default terminal size

If you mean right-clicking in thunar to get that menu, then simply change the associated Custom Action executable line to run "xfce4-terminal" also passing it the "--geometry XXxYY" parameter (where XX and YY are the row/column sizes you want to use).

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rayandrews

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From: Vancouver B.C. Canada

Registered: 2011-12-30

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Re: default terminal size

No not thunar, if we right-click on any ... how to say it? 'un-owned space' or just raw desktop, we get a little menu, yes?  I can pass geometry to the terminal launcher I created, but that little menu, I don't know how to access the internals.  I'd like to be able to add items too it, too.

BTW just some conclusion to my earlier wanting to get 'zaphod' mode back -- I've repented of that, I'm now used to having all three monitor as one logical screen (or whatever you call it).

Last edited by rayandrews (2022-10-02 22:03:07)

ToZ

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Re: default terminal size

The Desktop also uses thunar custom actions. Try editing the custom action in thunar to see if it fits the bill.

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rayandrews

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Re: default terminal size

What was in there was: "exo-open --working-directory %f --launch Terminal Emulator" and I appended: " --geometry=93x52" ... no change.  Can I really replace all that with a reference to: "xfce4-terminal --geometry=93x52"?

Tried the latter and it doesn't work either.  Funny it seems it should.

But that string does work for the Terminal button that shows up on that little menu that pops up at the bottom of the screen.  So why won't it work for the menu that you get right-clicking?

Last edited by rayandrews (2022-10-03 02:51:50)

ToZ

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Re: default terminal size

Use this as the command:

xfce4-terminal --geometry 93x52 --default-working-directory %f

To have the change recognized by xfdesktop, you need to reload it first

pkill xfdesktop

Edit: You can also add the geometry parameter to the default exo-open command via:

exo-open --working-directory %f --geometry 93x52 --launch TerminalEmulator

...to support other default terminals.

Last edited by ToZ (2022-10-03 10:51:28)

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rayandrews

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From: Vancouver B.C. Canada

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Re: default terminal size

Thanks.  But, just rebooting this morning, all works.  You never know what level of restart is needed with various things.  Sometimes you click on a setting and the change is instant.  Other times a system reboot is needed.  Depends on the software.  Sometimes you get a helpful message, usually not.  BTW, speaking of helpful messages, I'm noticing many more of those ... what do you call them? You  move over a button or a link or an icon and a little box shows up giving you some helpful info on what the button does.  Love those!  Noticed a few in thunar that were really on point -- they told me exactly what I needed to know.  Next issue ...