terminator/doc/manual/source/index.rst
Stephen Boddy 1d977cc6aa A manual has been added to Terminator
* Added source and generated html of manual, and API doc
* setup.py can install the manual (and by extension do can debuild)
* setup.py has (inactive) code for generating the html from the source
  but this will break if rtd theme is not available
* A few changes to doc strings to make the autodoc prettier
* Added help shortcut, by default F1 to open the local manual
* Added button to About tab to launch manual
* A couple of additional string to translate related to manual/help
2015-08-08 04:11:30 +02:00

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.. image:: imgs/icon_terminator.png
:align: right
:alt: The robot future of terminals.
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Welcome to Terminator's documentation!
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This is the beginnings of a manual for Terminator. Sometimes it is not always
clear just how many little shortcuts and features there are in Terminator. This
guide hopes to reduce the confusion.
A quick word on style. I have none. 😃 I have an casual way of talking and writing,
and a strange sense of humour. I also tend to use random pop-culture references
a lot, but often in ways that make no sense. If this is a problem you are
entitled to a refund of the money you paid to me to write this... 😎
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What is Terminator
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At its simplest Terminator is a terminal emulator like xterm, gnome-terminal,
konsole, etc. At its most complex it lets you fly... metaphorically at least.
Take a look at the following list:
.. sidebar:: From the simple...
.. image:: imgs/small_example.png
:width: 100%
- Arrange terminals in a grid
- Tabs
- Drag and drop re-ordering of terminals
- Lots of keyboard shortcuts
- Save multiple layouts and profiles via GUI preferences editor
- Simultaneous typing to arbitrary groups of terminals
and lots more...
.. sidebar:: To the ridiculous...
.. image:: imgs/large_example.png
:width: 100%
In case it's not obvious this is faked up. I use more complex setups,
but I'm not putting real work into the documentation.
.. toctree::
:caption: Contents:
:maxdepth: 2
licensing
history
gettingstarted
preferences
layouts
grouping
plugins
advancedusage
faq
gettinginvolved
.. Indices and tables
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.. * :ref:`genindex`
* :ref:`modindex`
* :ref:`search`