VTE is a library that provides a terminal widget implementation in GTK, functions for starting a new process on a new pseudo-terminal and for manipulating pseudo-terminals.
Questions tagged [vte]
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Guake terminal with 256 colors?
Is it possible to make Guake terminal to use 256 colors instead of just 8?
The only info that I found on the internet is this post https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=173707 but it didn't work.

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Overwrite or reset widget style in GTK3
I use the gnome-terminal which uses the vte library, which in turn provides the VteTerminal widget. Using an appropriate gtk.css file, I have added a padding around the VteTerminal widget.
I embed the VteTerminal in a seperate GTK3 application,…

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Python Gtk2 & Vte wait for the process Pid is finish
I'm using the VTE module in a GTK window, to run and show the result of a bash script.
adresse = self.champ.get_text()
pid = self.v.fork_command(None, ['/bin/bash', "./pluzz.sh", adresse])
if pid == None: #pseudocode
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Why the method set_color_foreground and its companions set_color_XXX don't work in Vte ( Python - Gtk3)?
I am writing an application using Vte in Python + Gtk3.
I am not able to change all the color.
For example, for the foreground color, I tried this code, but the text color doesn't change:
class Shell(Gtk.Box):
def…

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Embed vte. How to do the same as this PyGtk app with wxPython?
It's my first post. I read a lot of subjects per day on Stackoverflow, and i appreciate to find there some help.
And today it's my turn to ask a question because i didn't find solution to my need.
I want to have a terminal in the app i'm writing;…

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What is the color order for vte_terminal_set_colors palette?
I want to implement Solarized color palette for a VTE Terminal. In the GTK+ documentation I can find the method how to set all colors. But there is no info about the color order in the…

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vte background image workaround
I'm using libvte-2.91 in debian stretch for my terminal application written in c using gtk3. Now that they have removed the direct ability to apply a background image to the terminal, what creative workarounds have been devised for accomplishing…

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python VTE Terminal weirdness
i'm trying to use the terminal from python VTE binding (python-vte from debian squeeze) as a virtual terminal emulator (just for ANSI/control chars text processing)
in interactive python console, everything looks (almost) all right:
>>> import…

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Is there a terminal widget compatible with lablgtk?
Good morning,
I'm implementing a software in labgtk and I'd like to embed a terminal-like widget in the interface, similarly the terminal embedded in gedit (example:…
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cannot select text in VTE using keyboard
I'm writing my own terminal application in C using the VTE library. Everything works great except I cannot select text with the keyboard. For example if I have just typed something, in most terminals you can hold down the shift key and select the…

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Monitor command input on python VTE terminal widget
I am looking to monitor every command input on python VTE widget so I can pass it to the my program for processing on commands that match a certain regex. Is it possible, I am thing connecting signals and all that but I just don't know anything…

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PyGtk : I cant use vte library functions?
I am trying to send commands to the Vte terminal but I keep getting the same error. Also, I could not find any other working examples on the internet. Since my code is not complete at the moment, I am showing you an example from stackoverflow. It…

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How to implement a Linux terminal in a PyGtk app like VScode and PyCharm has?
Problem statement: Embed a terminal Emulator for linux in GUI and feed custom commands to it by GUI components.
using:
Python 3
Gtk+3
Vte.get_minor_version(): 58
Vte.get_major_version(): 0
Vte.get_macro_version(): 2
I have been trying to embed a…

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Get current working directory from Vte (GTK Terminal Widget) in Python
Hey,
How can I get the current working directory of a VTE widget in Python?
Thanks.
user542603
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Virtual python shell with Vte.Pty.spawn_async()
I would like add virtual python shell with Vte to my GTK3.0 python3 app and I am able to do this with spawn_sync() method, but this method is deprecated, so I would like to do it with preferred way with Vte.Pty.spawn_async(), but I dont understeand…

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