-bgcolor= RGB - set the hexadecimal ( #rrggbb) background color RGB of the selected tab.
Use -i option to specify which tab to rename. You can reset tab title to default value by passing a single dash ( "-"). -rename-tab= TITLE - set the tab name to TITLE.-i INDEX, -tab-index= INDEX - used with -rename-tab to specify index INDEX of a tab to rename.-e CMD, -execute-command= CMD - execute an arbitrary command CMD in the selected tab.-g, -selected-tab - print index of currently selected tab.-s INDEX, -select-tab= INDEX - select tab with index INDEX.Value of CUR_DIR used to set a current directory for the tab, if specified. -n CUR_DIR, -new-tab= CUR_DIR - create new tab and select it.-f, -fullscreen - put Guake to fullscreen mode.Actually, you can just type guake, and it will toggle the visibility of already running instance. -t, -toggle-visibility - toggle the visibility of the terminal window.Here is the list of available options you may be interested in: You can use guake executable itself to send D-Bus messages. You can create tabs, assign names for them and also ask to run any specific command in any opened tab or just to show/hide Guake window, manually in a terminal or by creating a custom script for it.Įxample of such a script is given below this section. Thus it can be used to start Guake in a user defined session. Like Yakuake, Guake allows to control itself at runtime by sending the D-Bus messages. # cp /usr/share/applications/sktop /etc/xdg/autostart/ You may want Guake to load on starting up Desktop Environment. Once installed, you can start Guake from the terminal with:Īfter guake has started you can right click on the interface and select Preferences to change the hotkey to drop the terminal automatically, by default it is set to F12.