My tree has diverged a little while pulling in these changes. also some text editors are being unhelpful here with tabs. This should be two spaces for new items and 4 for continuations.I keep getting caught out by vim auto-indenting tabs for some reason.

ChangeLog

@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+terminator 0.9:
+  * Added support for ~/.terminatorrc 
+  * Added kwybindings for terms size and scrollbar manipulation. Thanks 
+    Emmanuel Bretelle.
+
+
 terminator 0.8.1:
   * Fixed ChangeLog
   * Revert URI matching behaviour to the same as gnome-terminal
@@ -17,49 +23,53 @@ terminator 0.8:
 terminator 0.7:
 
   * Fullscreen support, via a patch from Thomas Meire. Closes LP #178914
-  * Improved behaviour when closing terminals/window. Result of work by Thomas
+  * Improved behaviour when closing terminals/window. Result of work by 
-    Meire. Closes LP #161121
+    Thomas Meire. Closes LP #161121
-  * Freedesktop .desktop file and appropriate setup.py entry for installing
+  * Freedesktop .desktop file and appropriate setup.py entry for 
-    it. Closes LP #178943
+    installing it. Closes LP #178943
   * Translation support, with Spanish, Dutch, Italian and Romanian 
     translations. Closes LP #161120
-  * Stop clashing with gnome-terminal's paste shortcut key, move horizontal
+  * Stop clashing with gnome-terminal's paste shortcut key, move 
-    splitting shortcut too, and add support for gnome-terminal's copy/paste 
+    horizontal splitting shortcut too, and add support for 
-    shortcuts. Closes LP #179310
+    gnome-terminal's copy/paste shortcuts. Closes LP #179310
-  * Borderless support (tell your window manager not to decorate Terminator)
+  * Borderless support (tell your window manager not to decorate 
+    Terminator)
   * Font zooming support. Closes LP #178792
   * Set the VTE widget to have a tooltip of its window title. This may be
     reverted if it is annoying
-  * Support GNOME Terminal profile settings for backgrounds. Closes LP #180717
+  * Support GNOME Terminal profile settings for backgrounds. 
-  * Use our own default values if there is no gnome-terminal profile. Closes
+    Closes LP #180717
-    LP #179315
+  * Use our own default values if there is no gnome-terminal profile. 
+    Closes LP #179315
 
 terminator 0.6:
 
   * Use new gnome-terminal gconf key to find available profiles
-  * Move a few more hardcoded items to our settings array (not that it can be
+  * Move a few more hardcoded items to our settings array (not that 
-    overridden yet)
+    it can be overridden yet)
-  * Fix handling of exiting child processes to properly track gnome-terminal
+  * Fix handling of exiting child processes to properly track 
-    settings
+    gnome-terminal settings
-  * Add Ctrl-Tab and Ctrl-Shift-Tab as options for switching terminals (patch
+  * Add Ctrl-Tab and Ctrl-Shift-Tab as options for switching terminals 
-    from Kees Cook)
+    (patch from Kees Cook)
-  * Stop using parent.show_all() when removing/adding a terminal and instead
+  * Stop using parent.show_all() when removing/adding a terminal and 
-    show the actual widgets that have been created. This prevents scrollbars
+    instead show the actual widgets that have been created. This 
-    from re-appearing after they have been hidden
+    prevents scrollbars from re-appearing after they have been hidden
 
 terminator 0.5:
 
-  * The terminator window is now able to resize smaller, thanks to Kees Cook
+  * The terminator window is now able to resize smaller, 
-    for the fix.
+    thanks to Kees Cook for the fix.
-  * Email addresses are now matched and opened correctly. Closes LP #139015
+  * Email addresses are now matched and opened correctly. 
+    Closes LP #139015
   * Double clicking a URL now selects the whole URL. Closes LP #129533
-  * The default behaviour is now to open a single 80x24 terminal rather than
+  * The default behaviour is now to open a single 80x24 terminal rather
-    four terminals in a maximised window. Closes LP #126219 and should force
+    than four terminals in a maximised window. Closes LP #126219 and
-    me to fix LP #87720
+    should force me to fix LP #87720
-  * There are now hotkeys for switching between terminals, splitting terminals
+  * There are now hotkeys for switching between terminals, splitting 
-    and closing them. Closes LP #149931 and #148622(thanks to Huanghe for 
+    terminals and closing them. Closes LP #149931 and #148622(thanks 
-    patches for this)
+    to Huanghe for patches for this)
-  * If there is only one terminal, closing it will not produce a quit message
+  * If there is only one terminal, closing it will not produce a quit 
+    message
 
 terminator 0.4:
 
@@ -76,8 +86,8 @@ terminator 0.4:
 
 terminator 0.3:
 
-  * Implemented terminal closing, which correctly reparents its sibling (if
+  * Implemented terminal closing, which correctly reparents its sibling
-    any)
+    (if any)
   * Updated documentation to reflect a serious bug with shells that aren't
     bash (or at least zsh)
 

TODO

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+* Edit doc/terminatorrc.5 manpage to contain the information about the options
+* Write a Tab feature for terminator

doc/terminator.1

@@ -38,10 +38,10 @@ Terminator window (good with \-m)
 .TP 
 .B \-p, \-\-profile=PROFILE
 Loads the GNOME Terminal profile named PROFILE
-.TP
+.TP 
 .B \-e, \-\-command=COMMAND
 Runs the specified command instead of your default shell or profile specified command
-.TP
+.TP 
 .B \-x, \-\-execute=COMMAND [ARGS]
 Runs \fBthe rest of the command line\fR instead of your default shell or profile specified command.
 .SH "KEYBINDINGS"
@@ -53,6 +53,21 @@ Split terminals H\fBo\fRrizontally.
 .B Ctrl+Shift+E
 Split terminals V\fBe\fRrtically.
 .TP 
+.B Ctrl+Shift+Right
+Move first parent HPaned handle \fBRight\fR.
+.TP 
+.B Ctrl+Shift+Left
+Move first parent HPaned handle \fBLeft\fR.
+.TP 
+.B Ctrl+Shift+Up
+Move first VPaned handle \fBUp\fR.
+.TP 
+.B Ctrl+Shift+Down
+Move first VPaned handle \fBDown\fR.
+.TP 
+.B Ctrl+Shift+S
+Hide/Show \fBS\fRcrollbar.
+.TP 
 .B Ctrl+Shift+N
 Move to \fBn\fRext terminal.
 .TP 
@@ -64,11 +79,11 @@ Close the current terminal.
 .TP 
 .B Ctrl+Shift+Q
 Close the current window.
-.TP
+.TP 
 .B F11
 Toggle fullscreen
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
-.BR gnome\-terminal(1),
+.BR gnome\-terminal(1),terminatorrc(5)
 .SH "AUTHOR"
 Terminator was written by Chris Jones <cmsj@tenshu.net>
 .PP 

doc/terminatorrc.5

@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+.TH "TERMINATORRC" "5" "Feb 22, 2008" "Nicolas Valcarcel <nvalcarcel@ubuntu.com>" ""
+.SH "NAME"
+~/.terminatorrc \- the config file for terminator terminal emulator.
+.SH "DESCRIPTION"
+This manual page documents briefly the
+.B termiatorrc config file.
+.PP 
+\fBterminatorrc\fP is an optional file for configure the terminator termial emulator. It is used if there is no gconf PROFILE on the system for configuring the options of the terminal(s).
+.SH "OPTIONS"
+The options are defined one per line as \fB'OPTION = VALUE'\fR. The options are described below:
+
+.TP 
+.B gt_dir
+Default value: \fB/apps/gnome\-terminal\fR
+.TP 
+.B _profile_dir
+Default value: \fB%s/profiles\fR
+.TP 
+.B allow_bold
+Boolean value. Default value: \fBTrue\fR
+.TP 
+.B silent_bell
+Boolean value. Default value: \fBTrue\fR
+.TP 
+.B background_color
+Heximal RGB value for the background color. Default value: \fB#000000\fR
+.TP 
+.B background_darkness 
+Number for the background darkness. Default value: \fB0.5\fR
+.TP 
+.B background_type
+Default value: \fBsolid\fR
+.TP 
+.B backspace_binding
+Default value: \fBascii\-del\fR
+.TP 
+.B delete_binding
+Default value: \fBdelete\-sequence\fR
+.TP 
+.B cursor_blink
+Boolean value. Default value: \fBFalse\fR
+.TP 
+.B emulation
+Default value: \fBxterm\fR
+.TP 
+.B font
+Value for the font time and size in the format \fBFONTNAME SIZENUMBER\fR. Default value: \fBSerif 10\fR
+.TP 
+.B foreground_color
+Hexadecimal RGB value for the font color. Default value: \fB#AAAAAA\fR
+.TP 
+.B scrollbar_position
+Scrollbar position. Options available: right, left and hidden. Default value: \fBright\fR
+.TP 
+.B scroll_background
+Boolean value. Default value: \fBTrue\fR
+.TP 
+.B scroll_on_keystroke
+Boolean value. Default value: \fBFalse\fR
+.TP 
+.B scroll_on_output
+Boolean value. Default value: \fBFalse\fR
+.TP 
+.B scrollback_lines
+Number of lines stored for the scrollbar. Default value: \fB100\fR
+.TP 
+.B focus
+Default value: \fBsloppy\fR
+.TP 
+.B child_restart
+Default value: \fBFalse\fR
+.TP 
+.B palette
+Default value: \fB#000000000000:#CDCD00000000:#0000CDCD0000:#CDCDCDCD0000:#30BF30BFA38E:#A53C212FA53C:#0000CDCDCDCD:#FAFAEBEBD7D7:#404040404040:#FFFF00000000:#0000FFFF0000:#FFFFFFFF0000:#00000000FFFF:#FFFF0000FFFF:#0000FFFFFFFF:#FFFFFFFFFFFF\fR
+.TP 
+.B word_chars
+Default value: \fB\-A\-Za\-z0\-9,./?%&#:_\fR
+.TP 
+.B mouse_autohide
+Boolean value. Default value: \fBTrue\fR
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+.BR gnome\-terminal(1),

terminator

@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ class TerminatorTerm:
     self._vte.connect ("key-press-event", self.on_vte_key_press)
     self._vte.connect ("button-press-event", self.on_vte_button_press)
     self._vte.connect ("popup-menu", self.on_vte_popup_menu)
+    self._vte.connect ("composited-changed", self.on_composited_changed)
 #    self._vte.connect ("window-title-changed", self.on_vte_title_change)
 
     exit_action = self.gconf_client.get_string (self.profile + "/exit_action")
@@ -291,8 +292,13 @@ class TerminatorTerm:
       self._vte.set_scroll_background (self.reconf ('scroll_background'))
       self._vte.set_background_transparent (False)
     if background_type == "transparent":
-      self._vte.set_background_transparent (True)
+      darkness = self.reconf ('background_darkness')
-      self._vte.set_background_saturation (1 - (self.reconf ('background_darkness')))
+      if self._vte.is_composited():
+        self._vte.set_background_transparent (False)
+        self._vte.set_opacity(int(darkness * 65535))
+      else:
+        self._vte.set_background_transparent (True)
+        self._vte.set_background_saturation (1 - darkness)
       
     colors = palette.split (':')
     palette = []
@@ -340,6 +346,9 @@ class TerminatorTerm:
   def on_gconf_notification (self, client, cnxn_id, entry, what):
     self.reconfigure_vte ()
 
+  def on_composited_changed (self, widget):
+    self.reconfigure_vte ()
+
   def on_vte_button_press (self, term, event):
     # Left mouse button should transfer focus to this vte widget
     if event.button == 1:
@@ -404,6 +413,12 @@ class TerminatorTerm:
       elif keyname == 'V':
         self._vte.paste_clipboard ()
         return (True)
+      elif keyname == 'S':
+        self.do_scrollbar_toggle ()
+        return (True)
+      elif keyname in ('Up', 'Down', 'Left', 'Right'):
+          self.terminator.resizeterm (self, keyname)
+          return (True)
 
     if keyname and (keyname == 'Tab' or keyname.endswith('_Tab')):
         if event.state == gtk.gdk.CONTROL_MASK:
@@ -477,7 +492,7 @@ class TerminatorTerm:
     item = gtk.MenuItem ()
     menu.append (item)
 
-    item = gtk.CheckMenuItem (_("Show scrollbar"))
+    item = gtk.CheckMenuItem (_("Show _scrollbar"))
     item.set_active (self._scrollbar.get_property ('visible'))
     item.connect ("toggled", lambda menu_item: self.do_scrollbar_toggle ())
     menu.append (item)
@@ -534,6 +549,13 @@ class Terminator:
 
     self.window.set_property ('allow-shrink', True)
 
+    # Set RGBA colormap if possible so VTE can use real alpha
+    # channels for transparency.
+    screen = self.window.get_screen()
+    colormap = screen.get_rgba_colormap()
+    if colormap:
+      self.window.set_colormap(colormap)
+
     # Start out with just one terminal
     # FIXME: This should be really be decided from some kind of profile
     term = (TerminatorTerm (self, self.profile, self.command))
@@ -728,7 +750,60 @@ class Terminator:
 
     #self.window.set_title(self.term_list[previous]._vte.get_window_title())
     self.term_list[previous]._vte.grab_focus ()
+    
+    
+     
 
+  def resizeterm (self, widget, keyname):
+    vertical = False
+    if keyname in ('Up', 'Down'):
+      vertical = True
+    elif keyname in ('Left', 'Right'):
+      vertical = False
+    else:
+      return
+    parent = self.get_first_parent_paned(widget.get_box (),vertical)
+    if parent == None:
+      return
+    
+    #We have a corresponding parent pane
+    #
+    #allocation = parent.get_allocation()
+  
+    if keyname in ('Up', 'Down'):
+      maxi = parent.get_child1().get_allocation().height + parent.get_child2().get_allocation().height - 1
+      
+    else:
+      maxi = parent.get_child1().get_allocation().width + parent.get_child2().get_allocation().width - 1
+    move = 10
+    if keyname in ('Up', 'Left'):
+      move = -10
+    
+  
+    move = max(2, parent.get_position() + move)
+    move = min(maxi, move)
+    
+    parent.set_position(move)
+    
+  
+  def get_first_parent_paned (self, widget, vertical = None):
+    """This method returns the first parent pane of a widget.
+    if vertical is True returns the first VPaned
+    if vertical is False return the first Hpaned
+    if is None return the First Paned"""
+    if isinstance (widget, gtk.Window):
+      return None
+    parent = widget.get_parent()
+    if isinstance (parent, gtk.Paned) and vertical is None:
+        return parent
+    if isinstance (parent, gtk.VPaned) and vertical:
+      return parent
+    elif isinstance (parent, gtk.HPaned) and not vertical:
+      return parent
+    return self.get_first_parent_paned(parent, vertical)
+         
+         
+     
 def execute_cb (option, opt, value, parser):
   assert value is None
   value = []