The project is inspired by kermit (by Orhun Parmaksız).

Release: 2.2

git clone https://github.com/BlackCodec/microterm.git
cd microterm
make
sudo make install

• Uses the default shell ($SHELL)
• Supports transparency with a composite manager
• Supports base16 color schemes (customizable theme)
• Supports custom keys and associated commands
• Supports tabs
• Supports multiple terminals on same tab with vertical/horizontal split

microterm [-h] [-v] [-d] [-c config] [-t title] [-w workdir] [-e command]

[-h] shows help
[-v] shows version
[-d] enables the debug messages
[-c config]  specifies the configuration file
[-t title]   sets the terminal title
[-w workdir] sets the working directory
[-e command] sets the command to execute in terminal

Key bindings now can be configured in config file with syntax:

 hotkey key_bindings_plus_separated function

for example:

hotkey Control+Shift+T new_tab
hotkey Mod1+T new_tab

you can define more hotkeys for same function but each hotkey can be associated to only one function.

Where valid functions are:

• copy: copy selected text to clipboard
• paste: paste from clipboard
• reload: reload configuration file
• quit: close the application (close all terminals)
• font_inc: increase font size
• font_dec: decrease font size
• font_reset: reset font size to default
• split_v: split vertically with a new terminal on bottom
• split_h: split horizzontally with a new terminal on right
• new_tab: open a new terminal in a new tab
• prev: switch to the previous tab
• next: switch to the next tab
• close: close selected tab
• goto n: go to specified tab
• exec command: send and execute the command to current terminal
• cmd: open command prompt

Check attached configuration file for reproduce hotkeys defined in version 1.0.

The command prompt in configuration file is opened with the key "F2".

microterm search for configuration file stored in $HOME/.config/microterm/microterm.conf

The configuration file can manage most of settings, refers to man page for details.

The terminal theme can be changed by editing the config file manually.

microterm (like kermit) uses a PangoFontDescription which is retrieved from the microterm.conf for changing the font family, style and size. The configuration entry format of the font and some examples are shown below and the default value is monospace 9.

font [FAMILY-LIST] [STYLE-OPTIONS] [SIZE]

FAMILY-LIST is a comma-separated list of families optionally terminated by a comma, STYLE_OPTIONS is a whitespace-separated list of words where each WORD describes one of style, variant, weight, or stretch, and SIZE is a decimal number (size in points).

• Available font families: Normal, Sans, Serif and Monospace.
• Available styles: Normal, Oblique, Italic.
• Available weights: Ultra-Light, Light, Normal, Bold,Ultra-Bold, Heavy.
• Available variants: Normal, Small-Caps.
• Available stretch styles: Ultra-Condensed, Extra-Condensed, Condensed, Semi-Condensed, Normal, Semi-Expanded, Expanded, Extra-Expanded, Ultra-Expanded.

Examples:

font sans bold 12
font normal 10
font monospace bold italic condensed 12

In order to change the padding of the terminal, create ~/.config/gtk-3.0/gtk.css if it does not exist, specify the values there and restart the terminal.

VteTerminal,
TerminalScreen,
vte-terminal {
  padding: 3px 2px 2px 1px;
}

GNU General Public License v3.0 only (GPL-3.0-only)

Copyright © 2024 BlackCodec

• Release 2.2
  • Add support for focus_follow_mouse option
  • Code optimization
• Release 2.1
  • Solved issue with paste hotkeys
  • Added support for exec function
• Release 2.0
  • Added support for customize hotkeys
  • Added command prompt function
  • Added function to rename the tabs so the name will be changed when a tab is closed
• Release 1.0
  • First release