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gnome-terminal package

how to start terminal in full screen mode

Asked by Peter

By right clicking on the desktop, I created an icon to start a terminal and run a perl script with the command line

 perl menu

but it will not start using the full screen. I read somewhere to use

 perl menu -geometry 600x800

but still no larger. How can I get it to start using the full screen.

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Best Ricardo Moreno (ricardinho) said : 		#1

Hi Peter,
You need to run the following command (assuming you are in GNOME)

gnome-terminal --geometry 800x600+0+0 -x perl menu

this should work.
Good Luck

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Vikram Dhillon (dhillon-v10) said : 		#2

Open up the Terminal -> View -> Full Screen (i am on karmic)

Regards,
Vikram

On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 8:26 AM, Ricardo Moreno
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> Question #91995 on gnome-terminal in ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-terminal/+question/91995
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>    Status: Open => Answered
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> Ricardo Moreno proposed the following answer:
> Hi Peter,
> You need to run the following command (assuming you are in GNOME)
>
> gnome-terminal --geometry 800x600+0+0 -x perl menu
>
> this should work.
> Good Luck
>
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Peter (nitep) said : 		#3

Thanks Ricardo Moreno, that solved my question.