A week ago I discovered Terminator. It has mostly solved an ongoing frustration I’ve had with how to structure all my gnome-terminal windows. A great getting started guide is here: http://maketecheasier.com/maximize-your-terminal-usage-with-terminator/2008/12/21.
The only drawback I’ve found to it so far is that it does not have (or I cannot find) the built in S/KEY integration that gnome-terminal has which allows you to control-click on the challenge string and enter your password. I also wish there was some way to attach to a complete terminator session like screen allows. Given the choice between using screen or terminator for multiple screens in the same window, terminator wins hands down for me because it requires a fraction of the keystrokes and provides pleasant scroll bars.
Thanks for your comments
I noticed the S/KEY stuff when I was reading some GNOME Terminal source, but I didn’t copy it into Terminator because I don’t really understand it and don’t use it.
Perhaps you could file a bug about it? If you’d be willing to test it I’m sure we could find the time at some point to have a go at implementing it.
As for being able to save a session, it’s something we’re working towards, but it may take some time.
Credit to the guys who took my half-wrong spec file, corrected it, and finished getting Terminator through the package review process.
@chris
https://bugs.launchpad.net/terminator/+bug/325429
Great, thanks
Max: I am thrilled that Terminator is in Fedora, thanks for your getting the ball rolling
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