Drop down terminals

[dedanna1029]

No. What I mean, is I want to be able to get it to roll up. Like when you click the bottom border of it, it literally rolls up, then you can click it again, and it comes back down. I kinow that there's a way to do this in compiz, but there isn't when not in compiz (which I don't use much).

I know the screen real estate screen can be changed. What I think though is that it shouldn't take so much on default - when it's first installed. It should have a smaller setting on default.

[viking60]

Ah so you need some animation. The function pretty much stays the same though, if I have understood this correctly.

[viking60]

Ok Going to test Tilda now. Joste made me curious. It seems to have more functions......
Aha I see what you mean now dedanna! Tilda has all you ask for. Better control over the size. Nice roll up and it works with byobu too. Testing further.....
Tilda works like Guake. Adding tabs works the same but you have better control over the fonts and placement of the terminal. Also you can control the size of the Terminal in all directions. You toggle with F1. If I could only figure out how to rename the tabs for each terminal...
Aha I get it! When I log in to other computers the tabs are renamed automatically in Tilda. Wow that is nice. I just might switch now

[dedanna1029]

Yakuake Version 2.9.6
Using KDE Development Platform 4.4.3 (KDE 4.4.3)

Works fine here buttons do what the tooltips say, quit, menu, keep window open when it loses focus.

Also, hitting F12 (or whatever) rolls it up and down rather than minimising to the tray.

There is a transparency option but it only makes some parts transparent, not the terminal background... Though there is a Compiz plugin you can use to make it transparent.


There is also tilda and YeahConsole.

Does none of the above for me.

Am wondering how telling it is that tilda depends on "confuse"...

[dedanna1029]

Ok Going to test Tilda now. Joste made me curious. It seems to have more functions......
Aha I see what you mean now dedanna! Tilda has all you ask for. Better control over the size. Nice roll up and it works with byobu too. Testing further.....
Tilda works like Guake. Adding tabs works the same but you have better control over the fonts and placement of the terminal. Also you can control the size of the Terminal in all directions. You toggle with F1. If I could only figure out how to rename the tabs for each terminal...
Aha I get it! When I log in to other computers the tabs are renamed automatically in Tilda. Wow that is nice. I just might switch now

hhmmm.

[dedanna1029]

Of course, all of this becomes moot to someone who much prefers playing in tty anyway. So with that, I'll bow out of this thread.

[viking60]

Here is a video of Tilda:

[dedanna1029]

What command gets it to roll up and down? Thanks.

I much prefer the default size of that - I have transparency, etc. going and byobu.

[viking60]

F1 does the job And I edited the fonts down to 10 dpi but kept them bold.

[dedanna1029]

I like it myself, very much. Transparency just works. The only single thing I'm having issues with is having it start byobu when I hit it up - had set it to do that and it doesn't. No problem to type in "byobu" without the quotes at all, but would be nice to have it start with it.

Font is not bolded here, just set it to Sans 11.

(MAN, Sans is nice in Arch...)

There is one slight little niggle with it:

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.:[ dedanna@dedanna.rocks.net : 21:06:48 : ~ ]:.
:) su
Password:
-->bash: bash_prompt_cmd: command not found
but yet I still get -->[root@dedanna dedanna]# pacman -S anachron
error: 'anachron': could not find or read package
-->bash: bash_prompt_cmd: command not found
[root@dedanna dedanna]# pacman -S anacron
error: 'anacron': could not find or read package
-->bash: bash_prompt_cmd: command not found
[root@dedanna dedanna]# exit
exit
.:[ dedanna@dedanna.rocks.net : 21:08:04 : ~ ]:.
:(

(Yes, I know anachron isn't there; this is just for example purposes)
I don't have this in regular terminal, so am thinking it's specific to tilda. I remember seeing this some years ago with terminal, but have forgotten how it gets fixed.

Even still, methinks Joste has given us a bigger heads up than he realizes. I really like tilda. Thanks, Joste.

[viking60]

You can autostart byobu by entering "byobu" in the custom command in the "Title and Command" tab
I find Tilda a bit "moody". If I hit F1 many time i a row it "greys" out on me.
And regarding your "niggle" it looks like you have fubared your .bashrc Have a look here and check that your content is correct:
viewtopic.php?f=25&t=265&p=5233&hilit=prompt#p5233

[dedanna1029]

That's what I have though, and wouldn't it be doing it in other terminals too if it were wrong?

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 cat .bashrc

# Check for an interactive session
#[ -z "$PS1" ] && return

#alias ls='ls --color=auto'
#PS1='[\u@\h \W]\$ '

bash_prompt_cmd() {
RTN=$?



smiley() {
    if [ $1 == 0 ] ; then
echo ":)"
    else
echo ":("
       fi
    }
smileyc() {
    if [ $1 == 0 ] ; then
echo $GREEN
else
echo $RED
       fi
    }
if [ $(tput colors) -gt 0 ] ; then
RED=$(tput setaf 1)
GREEN=$(tput setaf 2)
RST=$(tput op)
fi
smiley=$(smiley $RTN)
smileyc=$(smileyc $RTN)
        local CY="\[\e[1;31m\]" # Each is 12 chars long
        local BL="\[\e[1;34m\]"
        local WH="\[\e[1;37m\]"
        local BR="\[\e[0;33m\]"
        local RE="\[\e[1;31m\]"
        local PROMPT="${CY}$"
        [ $UID -eq "0" ] && PROMPT="${RE}#"

        # Add the first part of the prompt: username,host, and time
        local PROMPT_PWD=""
        local PS1_T1="$BL.:[ $CY`whoami`@`hostname` $BL: $CY\t $BL:$CY "
        local ps_len=$(( ${#PS1_T1} - 12 * 6 + 6 + 4 )) #Len adjust for colors, time and var
        local PS1_T2=" $BL]:.\n\[\$smileyc\]\$smiley\[$RST\] "
        local startpos=""

        PROMPT_PWD="${PWD/#$HOME/~}"
        local overflow_prefix="..."
        local pwdlen=${#PROMPT_PWD}
        local maxpwdlen=$(( COLUMNS - ps_len ))
        # Sometimes COLUMNS isn't initiliased, if it isn't, fall back on 80
        [ $maxpwdlen -lt 0 ] && maxpwdlen=$(( 80 - ps_len ))

        if [ $pwdlen -gt $maxpwdlen ] ; then
                startpos=$(( $pwdlen - maxpwdlen + ${#overflow_prefix} ))
                PROMPT_PWD="${overflow_prefix}${PROMPT_PWD:$startpos:$maxpwdlen}"
        fi
        export PS1="${PS1_T1}${PROMPT_PWD}${PS1_T2}"
smiley=$(smiley $RTN)
smileyc=$(smileyc $RTN)
        local CY="\[\e[1;31m\]" # Each is 12 chars long
        local BL="\[\e[1;34m\]"
        local WH="\[\e[1;37m\]"
        local BR="\[\e[0;33m\]"
        local RE="\[\e[1;31m\]"
        local PROMPT="${CY}$"
        [ $UID -eq "0" ] && PROMPT="${RE}#"

        # Add the first part of the prompt: username,host, and time
        local PROMPT_PWD=""
        local PS1_T1="$BL.:[ $CY`whoami`@`hostname` $BL: $CY\t $BL:$CY "
        local ps_len=$(( ${#PS1_T1} - 12 * 6 + 6 + 4 ))
   #Len adjust for colors, time and var
        local PS1_T2=" $BL]:.\n\[\$smileyc\]\$smiley\[$RST\] "
        local startpos=""

        PROMPT_PWD="${PWD/#$HOME/~}"
        local overflow_prefix="..."
        local pwdlen=${#PROMPT_PWD}
        local maxpwdlen=$(( COLUMNS - ps_len ))
        # Sometimes COLUMNS isn't initiliased, if it isn't, fall back on 80
        [ $maxpwdlen -lt 0 ] && maxpwdlen=$(( 80 - ps_len ))

        if [ $pwdlen -gt $maxpwdlen ] ; then
                startpos=$(( $pwdlen - maxpwdlen + ${#overflow_prefix} ))
                PROMPT_PWD="${overflow_prefix}${PROMPT_PWD:$startpos:$maxpwdlen}"
        fi
        export PS1="${PS1_T1}${PROMPT_PWD}${PS1_T2}"
}
PROMPT_COMMAND=bash_prompt_cmd

Or does the very last line here need to go? Edit: Yep, it sho' do need to come out. I r just fixored it doing that.