stupid problem?

stamour547 · 01-21-2012, 11:58 AM

Hi everyone. I have linux mint debian edition running as my desktop (been running it for a few months). Well something has been bothering me and I can figure out how to fix it. I do a lot of work with Cisco equipment. By default the terminal width (default terminal with this install) is 80. Well Cisco plays nicer with a width of 85. Is there a simple way to permanently change the width to 85? I have been manually resizing the window everytime I open it and it is just starting to really tick me off now. Any help you may have is welcome. Thank you in advanced.

-J

nonamedotc · 01-21-2012, 12:53 PM

See if this works for you. Edit --> profile preferences. Change the values under the last option Use custom default terminal size to what you desire. That should work.

stamour547 · 01-21-2012, 03:58 PM

Thanks for the input. I looked and I don't have that option. I didn;t know if there was a config file I needed to change in order to fix this, Thanks.

nonamedotc · 01-21-2012, 04:08 PM

Yes there is. in your home folder, there is a file .gtktermrc.

Code:

[default]
port	= /dev/ttyS0
speed	= 9600
bits	= 8
stopbits	= 1
parity	= none
flow	= none
wait_delay	= 0
wait_char	= -1
echo	= False
crlfauto	= False
font	= "Nimbus Mono L, 14"
term_transparency	= False
term_show_cursor	= True
term_rows	= 80
term_columns	= 25
term_scrollback	= 100
term_visual_bell	= True
term_foreground_red	= 43253
term_foreground_blue	= 43253
term_foreground_green	= 43253
term_background_red	= 0
term_background_blue	= 0
term_background_green	= 0
term_background_saturation	= 0.500000

Change the two values in red and you should be good to go.

John VV · 01-21-2012, 06:08 PM

if stamour547 is using Gnome that would be there .
but he never said , so for all we know it is kde4 or xfce or e17

stamour547 · 01-21-2012, 06:10 PM

Oh boy this is not going easily. I didn't find the file in my home folder. I tried searching the whole file system and nothing came up. Although I did find it (after your hint of it being in my hold folder) the correct file of ~/.config/Terminal/terminalrc . The file was in a slightly different format but all the info was there. Thank you for taking the time to give me a hand.

-J

nonamedotc · 01-21-2012, 06:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by John VV

if stamour547 is using Gnome that would be there .
but he never said , so for all we know it is kde4 or xfce or e17

Good point. Sorry, my mistake.

John VV · 01-21-2012, 06:22 PM

we still do not know what the desktop is
also all "." ( dot) files are hidden
so ~/(dot).config is not displayed by default

stamour547 · 01-21-2012, 06:23 PM

I'm sorry guys I should have mentioned that I'm using xfce 4.8.0. The worst part about that is I know better to make sure I give accurate information. Thank you again for the advice.

-J