From 020f63eaabb7cf5ce65a23397367314b01904382 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: R the Troublemaker <5971066+br0kenbuild@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2020 13:26:42 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Update README.md TL;DR and quick help of what was (imo) excessively verbose. think of your user and how to quickly help them. have you seen a presenter faffing around in the middle of their presentation with their terminal/IDE, unable to adjust zoom level of their text/code, and audience shouting tips? i have. not once. --- README.md | 44 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------- 1 file changed, 33 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 834ed791..fcc2b399 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -24,19 +24,41 @@ update as shells/programs inside the terminal tell it to. Also on the titlebar is a small button that opens the grouping menu. From here you can put terminals into groups, which allows you to control multiple terminals simultaneously. -You can create more terminals by right clicking on one and choosing to split -it vertically or horizontally. You can get rid of a terminal by right -clicking on it and choosing Close. Ctrl-Shift-o and Ctrl-Shift-e will also -effect the splitting. -Also from the right mouse menu you can access Terminator's preferences window. +Create more terminals by: +horizontal split: Ctrl-Shift-o +vertical split: Ctrl-Shift-e -Ctrl-Shift-n and Ctrl-Shift-p will Shift focus to the next/previous terminal -respectively, and Ctrl-Shift-w will close the current terminal and -Ctrl-Shift-q the current window. +Shift focus to: +next terminal: Ctrl-Shift-n +previous terminal: Ctrl-Shift-p -For more keyboard shortcuts and also the command line options, please see the -manpage "terminator". For configuration options, see the manpage -"terminator_config". +New tab: +Ctrl-Shift-t + +New window: +Ctrl-Shift-i + +Close terminal or tab: +Ctrl-Shift-w +or right mouse click -> Close + +Close window with all it's terminals and tabs: +Ctrl-Shift-q + +Reset zoom: +Ctrl-0 + +Terminator Preferences menu: +right mouse click -> Preferences + +These and more modifiable shortcuts in: +right mouse click -> Preferences -> Keybindings tab + +web Documentation: F1 + +More info about shortcuts and cli config in man pages: +man terminator +man terminator_config ## Contributing