<s>
GNOME	B-Language
Terminal	I-Language
is	O
a	O
terminal	B-Application
emulator	I-Application
for	O
the	O
GNOME	B-Application
desktop	I-Application
environment	I-Application
written	O
by	O
Havoc	O
Pennington	O
and	O
others	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Terminal	B-Application
emulators	I-Application
allow	O
users	O
to	O
access	O
a	O
UNIX	B-Application
shell	I-Application
while	O
remaining	O
on	O
their	O
graphical	O
desktop	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GNOME	B-Language
Terminal	I-Language
(	O
gnome-terminal	B-Language
from	O
the	O
command	O
line	O
or	O
GNOME	B-Application
's	O
Alt-F2	O
launcher	O
)	O
emulates	O
the	O
xterm	B-Language
terminal	B-Application
emulator	I-Application
and	O
provides	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GNOME	B-Language
Terminal	I-Language
supports	O
multiple	O
profiles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
GNOME	B-Language
Terminal	I-Language
starts	O
,	O
it	O
can	O
be	O
configured	O
to	O
launch	O
the	O
user	O
's	O
default	O
shell	O
or	O
run	O
a	O
custom	O
command	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
some	O
users	O
may	O
have	O
one	O
profile	O
to	O
launch	O
their	O
default	O
shell	O
,	O
another	O
profile	O
that	O
connects	O
to	O
another	O
computer	O
remotely	O
through	O
SSH	B-Protocol
,	O
and	O
finally	O
a	O
profile	O
that	O
opens	O
a	O
GNU	B-Application
Screen	I-Application
session	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GNOME	B-Language
Terminal	I-Language
supports	O
a	O
couple	O
of	O
different	O
compatibility	O
options	O
for	O
interfacing	O
with	O
older	O
software	O
that	O
depends	O
on	O
varying	O
keyboard-to-ASCII	O
assignments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
the	O
user	O
presses	O
the	O
backspace	O
key	O
,	O
the	O
computer	O
can	O
either	O
delete	O
the	O
character	O
before	O
the	O
cursor	O
,	O
or	O
the	O
character	O
at	O
the	O
cursor	O
,	O
which	O
introduces	O
this	O
ambiguity	O
(	O
see	O
ASCII	B-Protocol
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GNOME	B-Language
Terminal	I-Language
allows	O
the	O
user	O
specify	O
which	O
control	O
character	O
or	O
escape	O
sequence	O
the	O
delete	O
and	O
the	O
backspace	O
keys	O
should	O
generate	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Colored	O
text	O
is	O
available	O
in	O
GNOME	B-Language
Terminal	I-Language
,	O
although	O
users	O
may	O
turn	O
this	O
feature	O
off	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GNOME	B-Language
Terminal	I-Language
supports	O
a	O
basic	O
set	O
of	O
16	O
colors	O
,	O
which	O
the	O
user	O
can	O
choose	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Furthermore	O
,	O
GNOME	B-Language
Terminal	I-Language
has	O
support	O
for	O
a	O
palette	O
of	O
256	O
colors	O
by	O
default	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
programs	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
vim	B-Application
,	O
can	O
use	O
that	O
many	O
colors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GNOME	B-Language
Terminal	I-Language
allows	O
changing	O
background	O
settings	O
on	O
per	O
profile	O
basis	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Older	O
versions	O
also	O
included	O
transparent	B-Algorithm
background	I-Algorithm
option	O
,	O
which	O
allowed	O
to	O
see	O
windows	O
beneath	O
terminal	B-Application
window	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
this	O
option	O
was	O
dropped	O
shortly	O
after	O
3.6	O
release	O
,	O
several	O
Linux	B-Application
distributions	I-Application
including	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
and	O
Fedora	O
patch	O
their	O
packages	O
of	O
GNOME	B-Language
Terminal	I-Language
to	O
re-enable	O
this	O
feature	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
GNOME	B-Language
Terminal	I-Language
is	O
primarily	O
a	O
command-line	O
interface	O
and	O
uses	O
the	O
keyboard	O
for	O
most	O
input	O
,	O
GNOME	B-Language
Terminal	I-Language
has	O
limited	O
support	O
for	O
mouse	O
events	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GNOME	B-Language
Terminal	I-Language
can	O
capture	O
mouse	O
scrolls	O
and	O
both	O
left	O
and	O
right	O
clicks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
detect	O
the	O
location	O
of	O
the	O
mouse	O
,	O
but	O
some	O
terminal	O
applications	O
can	O
utilize	O
the	O
mouse	O
events	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
aptitude	O
or	O
vim	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
version	O
3.12	O
(	O
incorporating	O
version	O
0.35	O
of	O
the	O
VTE	O
widget	O
)	O
,	O
GNOME	B-Language
Terminal	I-Language
supports	O
text	O
re-wrapping	O
on	O
re-sizing	O
(	O
long	O
lines	O
of	O
text	O
already	O
printed	O
to	O
the	O
terminal	O
's	O
standard	O
out	O
are	O
reflowed	O
to	O
fit	O
the	O
new	O
line	O
width	O
when	O
the	O
dimensions	O
of	O
the	O
terminal	B-Application
window	I-Application
are	O
resized	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
behaviour	O
is	O
similar	O
to	O
that	O
of	O
GNU	B-Application
Screen	I-Application
and	O
other	O
curses-based	B-Device
applications	O
such	O
as	O
less	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
GNOME	B-Language
Terminal	I-Language
parses	O
the	O
output	O
and	O
automatically	O
detects	O
snippets	O
of	O
text	O
that	O
appear	O
to	O
be	O
URLs	O
or	O
email	O
addresses	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Multiple	O
terminal	O
sessions	O
may	O
be	O
organized	O
within	O
single	O
GNOME	B-Language
Terminal	I-Language
window	O
as	O
tabs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Switching	O
between	O
active	O
session	O
is	O
possible	O
either	O
by	O
using	O
keyboard	O
shortcuts	O
or	O
by	O
using	O
tab	O
bar	O
–	O
a	O
row	O
of	O
buttons	O
,	O
each	O
corresponding	O
to	O
active	O
session	O
,	O
that	O
appears	O
on	O
top	O
of	O
GNOME	B-Language
Terminal	I-Language
window	O
when	O
multiple	O
tabs	O
are	O
used	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
recent	O
versions	O
,	O
when	O
the	O
user	O
attempts	O
to	O
quit	O
the	O
entire	O
graphical	O
application	O
,	O
GNOME	B-Language
Terminal	I-Language
will	O
prompt	O
the	O
user	O
with	O
a	O
dialog	O
box	O
asking	O
for	O
confirmation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
feature	O
is	O
intended	O
to	O
reduce	O
the	O
risk	O
of	O
accidentally	O
closing	O
a	O
terminal	B-Application
window	I-Application
(	O
e.g.	O
,	O
by	O
clicking	O
the	O
window	O
's	O
close	O
button	O
)	O
with	O
a	O
job	O
still	O
running	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
not	O
a	O
GNOME	B-Language
Terminal	I-Language
feature	O
,	O
some	O
shells	O
,	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
tcsh	B-Language
and	O
bash	B-Operating_System
,	O
offer	O
similar	O
functionality	O
and	O
will	O
notify	O
the	O
user	O
that	O
there	O
are	O
stopped	O
jobs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GNOME	B-Language
Terminal	I-Language
is	O
largely	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
VTE	O
widget	O
(	O
which	O
replaced	O
the	O
older	O
zvt	O
widget	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
VTE	O
,	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
GNOME	B-Application
project	O
,	O
has	O
widgets	O
that	O
implement	O
a	O
fully	O
functional	O
terminal	B-Application
emulator	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
GNOME	B-Language
Terminal	I-Language
and	O
VTE	O
are	O
both	O
written	O
in	O
C	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
VTE	O
is	O
a	O
library	O
(	O
libvte	O
)	O
implementing	O
a	O
terminal	B-Application
emulator	I-Application
widget	O
for	O
GTK	B-Application
,	O
and	O
a	O
minimal	O
sample	O
application	O
(	O
vte	O
)	O
using	O
that	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Vte	O
is	O
mainly	O
used	O
in	O
gnome-terminal	B-Language
,	O
but	O
can	O
also	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
embed	O
a	O
console/terminal	O
in	O
games	O
,	O
editors	O
,	O
IDEs	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
VTE	O
library	O
provides	O
a	O
terminal	B-Application
emulator	I-Application
widget	O
VteTerminal	O
for	O
applications	O
using	O
the	O
GTK	B-Application
toolkit	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
least	O
GNOME	B-Language
terminal	I-Language
,	O
XFCE	O
terminal	O
,	O
ROX	O
terminal	O
,	O
evilvte	O
,	O
guake	O
,	O
sakura	O
,	O
terminator	O
and	O
vala-terminal	O
rely	O
on	O
vte	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GNOME	B-Application
Console	O
is	O
a	O
minimal	O
terminal	B-Application
emulator	I-Application
for	O
the	O
GNOME	B-Application
Desktop	I-Application
Environment	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
originated	O
with	O
the	O
Phosh	B-Language
mobile	O
interface	O
,	O
which	O
needed	O
an	O
adaptive	O
terminal	B-Application
emulator	I-Application
.	O
</s>
