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======  xfce4-terminal - Terminal Emulator ======

Xfce Terminal is a lightweight and easy to use terminal emulator application
with many advanced features including drop down, tabs, unlimited scrolling,
full colors, fonts, transparent backgrounds, and more.

  * **[[#Keyboard Shortcuts|Keyboard Shortcuts]]**
  * **[[#Performance Issues|Performance Issues]]**
  * **[[#Latest Release|Latest Release]]**
  * **[[#Source Code Repository|Source Code Repository]]**
  * **[[#Reporting Bugs|Reporting Bugs]]**

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===== Introduction =====

  * **[[introduction|Introduction to Terminal]]** -- What is a terminal emulator and what makes the Xfce terminal emulator special
  * **[[getting-started|Getting Started]]** -- Working for the first time with the Xfce Terminal emulator
  * **[[usage|Usage]]** -- Basic handling of the application
  * **[[dropdown|Drop-down Window]]** -- How to use a drop-down terminal window

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===== Configuration =====

  * **[[preferences|Preferences]]** -- Configuring the terminal emulator
  * **[[command-line|Command-line Options]]** -- Parameters for starting the terminal
  * **[[advanced|Advanced Topics]]** -- Hidden settings and environment variables

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===== Keyboard Shortcuts =====
Keyboard shortcuts can be configured using the shortcuts editor in the prefs dialog since 1.0.0 (requires libxfce4ui 4.18, see [[preferences#shortcuts|Preferences/Shortcuts]]), or by editing your ''~/.config/xfce4/terminal/accels.scm'' file for older versions.
<note tip>If you want to disable Alt+<N> shortcuts that switch between tabs, do not comment out or delete the corresponding entries in the "accels.scm" file. Just replace the field values with blanks: "".</note>

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===== Performance Issues =====

Xfce Terminal is based on the Vte terminal widget library, just like
gnome-terminal. Vte is probably not the fastest terminal emulation library on
earth, but it's one of the best when it comes to Unicode support, and not to
forget, it's actively developed.

That said, performance is still an important
issue for a terminal emulator and Vte with font-antialiasing enabled can be
very slow even on decent systems. Xfce Terminal therefore offers a possibility
to explicitly disable anti-aliasing for the terminal font.

If you are experiencing problems with the terminal rendering speed, you might want to
disable the anti-aliasing for the terminal font.

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===== Latest Release =====
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[[https://gitlab.xfce.org/apps/xfce4-terminal/-/blob/master/NEWS|Read the CHANGELOG]]

  * **[[https://archive.xfce.org/src/apps/xfce4-terminal/|Download current release]]** (older versions of this component are also available here)

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===== Source Code Repository =====
[[https://gitlab.xfce.org/apps/xfce4-terminal|]]

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===== Reporting Bugs =====

  * **[[:apps:xfce4-terminal:bugs|Reporting Bugs]]** -- List of currently open bugs and instructions on how to submit new bug reports

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