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Terminator is a GPL terminal emulator.

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Fix key settings (Home/End/Insert/Delete) in .zshrc when running Zsh in Terminator Terminal Emulator

I'm running Ubuntu 11.04. I installed the Terminator Terminal Emulator 0.95, and Zsh, version 4.3.15. I have (commonly known) problems with my keys inside the Zsh. At least these: Home/End, nothing happens Insert/Delete/PageUp/PageDown: a "~" is…
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Setting Title for Tabs in Terminator (Console Application) in Ubuntu

Is there way to set terminator (Version: 0.95ppa1) title of tabs to a different string via bash command-line (CLI)? I plan to use this feature with AutoKey and I can open multiple machines at same time and set title to Name of the machine its…
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Any minor difference between ; or {} to represent a null statement?

I understand that the statement terminator symbol ;, if used solitarily, represents a null statement. Also, "empty loop bodies" can be a useful programming construct, and are made using null statements. Looking at the while statement below, on line…
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M-RET and M-UP/DOWN not working in Emacs org-mode in console/terminal

I'm using emacs23 on Ubuntu 32-bit 10.04/10.10 with GNOME and Compiz. Pressing M-RET in an org-mode plain list in Emacs (GUI) inserts a new item. Pressing M-Up moves the item up in the list. These keys don't work as expected in emacs -nw under…
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Writing a stream protocol: Message size field or Message delimiter?

I am about to write a message protocol going over a TCP stream. The receiver needs to know where the message boundaries are. I can either send 1) fixed length messages, 2) size fields so the receiver knows how big the message is, or 3) a unique…
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Is it possible to customize Terminator's prompt / hostname (user@domain) colors?

So far I have not seen anything on customizing the Terminator "prompt" colors. I know it is possible through ~/.bashrc but this is overridden by Terminator. Is there a way to either customize Terminator's colors further or force it to use customized…
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How to detach a terminal pane to a new window?

Is it possible to detach one of the terminal panes (split windows, not tabs) in terminator and move it to a new window? I know there is a workaround (see the answers below) but I'm looking for a better (more user-friendly) solution.
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Is it possible to add data to a string after adding "\0" (null)?

I have a string that I am creating, and I need to add multiple "\0" (null) characters to the string. Between each null character, is other text data (Just ASCII alphanumeric characters). My problem is that in J2SE when you add the first null (\0),…
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Why doesn't the null-terminator placed arbitrarily in a string terminate it?

The null character or null-terminator (\0) is to be used to terminate a contiguous sequence of characters. I find that in C, I can add the character into a string at a random position and the string will be cut off from that point. For example: char…
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Memcpy, string and terminator

I have to write a function that fills a char* buffer for an assigned length with the content of a string. If the string is too long, I just have to cut it. The buffer is not allocated by me but by the user of my function. I tried something like…
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How to activate Automatic Logging in Terminator?

I'm using Terminator (terminal emulator). I had to capture all the terminal logs and hence I set infinite-scroll ON but ultimately I found that actually it's not scrollable more than few hundred lines. The webpage says that there is a feature called…
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Vim: cursor becomes invisible when viewing ALE error message

I am running vim in terminal mode in Terminator on Fedora 27, and I just recently ran into the issue where whenever I put my cursor over an error from ALE in normal mode, when the error is shown in the command bar, my cursor disappears. When the…
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Using Python Virtual Environments with Terminator

With Terminator, a user can define layouts within the configuration file. With these layouts, the user can set a command to be executed at start-up. So, for example, one could create a layout in which a terminal automatically executed ls like this…
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Can the sizes of Terminator terminals be saved in a layout?

I've been trying to configure Terminator to respect the sizes of my terminals. Is this possible? As it is, each time I reopen Terminator I have to resize a couple of the terminals to the configuration I want. Preferences doesn't seem to have the…
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Installing terminator on cygwin

After going through a lot of sites about best terminal for system admins I was trying to install on Cygwin. Unfortunately, I did not find any good site with instruction about how to do it. Is anyone done this before? Please help me with steps and…
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