Terminal emulator tha remembers last session?

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I usually work with 4 terminals, each of which stay at 4 specific(and different) directories. Is there any emulator that remembers its last session and restores it once once I launch it? I don't mind manually saving the session. I work with yakuake(recently switched from guake) and terminator, all of which are cool but inconvenient to manuallry open 4 terminals and set the directories manually.

Answer 1

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I'm a big fan of GNU Screen. It's a terminal multiplexer that allows you to have multiple virtual terminals open in one terminal. You can use the .screenrc files to open a certain set of programs and shells when it starts if you like.

Really, there's a lot more power in it too. For instance, you can log in to a machine running screen, then log out and back in later and see what you've missed. You can copy and paste between terminals, etc.

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answered 28 Apr '10, 10:41

kainosnous
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I second screen. You can leave your computer and reconnect later without loosing your history, exports, etc.

(29 Apr '10, 00:25) LiquidPaper

Screen is awesome for working remotely on a server through ssh.

(03 May '10, 20:01) Arshad

I agree that screen is awesome but it cannot separate windows vertically. My monitors are usually 16:10 or even some 19:9 so horizontal division doesn't make much sense.

(13 May '10, 20:40) atilla

According to a Google search for "screen vertical split", it seems to be possible. I've seen it done before, though I haven't used it.

(14 May '10, 04:48) kainosnous

Answer 2

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It may not be the most convenient option, but, if the terminals stay at specific locations, why not automatically run a simple bash script upon login, which starts your mentioned terminals in the specified directories:

e.g.:


#!/bin/bash
gnome-terminal --working-directory /etc/samba &
gnome-terminal --working-directory /home/jazz &
gnome-terminal --working-directory /home/jazz/workspace &
gnome-terminal --working-directory /var/log &

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answered 27 Apr '10, 10:09

Jazz ♦
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Good idea, now let me find a way to do that with guake or yakuake.

(27 Apr '10, 21:13) atilla

You could start yakuake with the "--config <filename>"-argument, and write different configuration files (~/.kde/share/config/yakuakerc) for your different directories. e.g.: yakuake --config /home/jazz/customizedyakuake1

(27 Apr '10, 22:37) Jazz ♦

Answer 3

I also am a fan of GNU screen.

It has another advantage. If you log in with screen, you can start something running that takes a long time to complete, log out, log into a different machine, and see it's progress.

Back before Wine was available in repositories, I used to log into my home PC from work, download the latest wine source with wget, and compile it. Both downloading and compiling took a long time, so I would often do it just before leaving work and let it continue while I drove home.

Answer 4

0	I've got nothing new to add except to bump the recommendation to use GNU screen, it's one of my favorite tools. link answered 03 May '10, 19:37 54Rigger 21●1 accept rate: 0%

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