Vitaliy Alexeyev

synshell · Desktop · syn-terminal

Terminal

Terminal for the synshell desktop — tabs in the title bar, color schemes, font settings; on a phone, a row of keys the on-screen keyboard lacks.

READMEAUR package: synshell-core-binAUR package: synshell-core-git
Terminal

Features

  • Tabs in the title bar — the tab title follows the current folder; Ctrl+Shift+T new tab (in the folder of the current one, if enabled), Ctrl+Shift+W close, Ctrl+Tab and Ctrl+PageUp/PageDown switch, Ctrl+1…9 by number, Ctrl+Shift+PageUp/PageDown move the tab; Ctrl+Shift+N new window, Ctrl+, settings.
  • Color schemes — “System” (built from the synshell palette and accent, follows the theme), Tango, One Dark, Dracula, Gruvbox, Nord, Catppuccin, Solarized, Solarized Light, GitHub Light.
  • Font — any monospace font, size and line spacing; Ctrl+= and Ctrl+− make text larger and smaller, Ctrl+0 resets.
  • Background opacity from 50 to 100 %.
  • Shell and history — the shell of new tabs ($SHELL by default), the number of scrollback lines.
  • Close confirmation when a program is still running in a tab or window.
  • Copy and paste — Ctrl+Shift+C / Ctrl+Shift+V.
  • Live theme — the window follows config.toml and theme changes without a restart.
  • Phone — tabs under the compositor frame and a row of extra keys at the bottom.
  • 14 languages — the UI follows the system or the language chosen in the terminal settings.
Settings
Settings

Install

Arch Linux (AUR) — x86_64 and aarch64. syn-terminal is part of synshell-core, the base set of desktop programs (compositor, shell, settings, file manager, terminal, software center, screenshots):

yay -S synshell-core-bin      # prebuilt
yay -S synshell-core-git      # built from source

Settings are stored in ~/.config/synshell/terminal.toml.

The whole desktop: yay -S synshell-bin. From source: cargo build --release -p syn-terminal in the synshell repository.

Command line

syn-terminal                                  # shell in the current folder
syn-terminal --working-directory ~/Projects   # start in a folder (also -d, -w)
syn-terminal -e htop                          # run a command (also -x, --)
syn-terminal -e 'make && ./run'               # one string with spaces runs through sh -c

--title, --class, --app-id are accepted for compatibility with other terminals.

Part of synshell

syn-terminal is one of the applications of synshell — a Wayland desktop environment in Rust for computers and phones, built on the syngui UI framework.

License

GPL-3.0-only