guake
drop-down terminal for GNOME that provides quick access to a terminal
TLDR
SYNOPSIS
guake [options] [path]
DESCRIPTION
guake is a drop-down terminal for GNOME that provides quick access to a terminal by pressing a hotkey (F12 by default). The terminal slides down from the top of the screen like a heads-up display, inspired by the console in Quake games.Features include tabbed interface, transparency, custom colors, and persistent sessions across toggle operations. The terminal stays resident in memory for instant access.Configuration is available through the preferences dialog or gsettings.
PARAMETERS
-t, --toggle-visibility
Toggle visibility from command line.-n, --new-tab DIR
Add a new tab, optionally with working directory set to DIR.-s, --select-tab INDEX
Select tab by index.-e, --execute-command CMD
Execute an arbitrary command in a new tab.-r, --rename-current-tab TITLE
Rename the current tab. Reset to default if TITLE is "-".-p, --preferences
Show Guake preferences window.-f, --fullscreen
Put Guake in fullscreen mode.--show, --hide
Force show or hide the main window.-V, --version
Show Guake version number and exit.-q, --quit
Quit Guake.
KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS
F12 - Toggle visibilityF11 - Toggle fullscreenCtrl+Shift+T - New tabCtrl+Shift+W - Close tabCtrl+PageUp/PageDown - Navigate tabs
INSTALL
CAVEATS
Works best with compositing enabled. May have issues on some window managers. Conflicts with other applications using F12. Requires GTK and VTE libraries.
HISTORY
guake was created by Gabriel Falcão in 2007, originally hosted on SourceForge, and inspired by the drop-down console in id Software's Quake game and similar terminals like Yakuake (KDE) and Tilda. It has since moved to GitHub and is maintained by a community of contributors.
SEE ALSO
yakuake(1), tilda(1), gnome-terminal(1)