Overview

Stjerm is a GTK+-based drop-down terminal emulator similar to the consoles used in PC games such as Quake and Half-Life 2. Stjerm sets itself apart from similar programs by providing a minimalistic interface combined with a small file size, lightweight memory usage and easy integration with composite window managers such as Compiz.

News

2009-07-22 - New 64-bit RPM for Fedora 11 Released!

• A 64-bit RPM for Fedora 11 is now available for download in the Downloads section.

2009-07-08 - An Updated RPM for Fedora 11 Released!

• This is just a small fix that updates the version numbers for the dependencies to be more in line with Fedora 11
• An RSS feed has also been created for project news

2009-07-02 - Repository Moved to Mercurial

• Stjerm's repository has now been moved to Mercurial from SVN

2009-06-25 - Stjerm 0.13 Released!

• Man page has been rewritten making it cleaner and more concise
• --help and --info options have been alphabetized making it easier to read
• Removed version.m4 as it was superfluous (The version number is updated in cofigure.ac)
• An RPM is now available for Fedora 11 users!

2009-03-06 - Stjerm 0.12 Released!

• Added copy and paste keyboard shortcuts 'c' and 'v', respectively
• Keyboard shortcuts to switch to the previous and next tab have been re-mapped to page up and page down, respectively
• Added version information output through --version and --v
• Tabs now loop when the end or beginning of the tab bar is reached
• Many files and functions have been updated to conform to GNU standards (Such as README and print_version)
• Added NEWS and TODO
• Version information is now updated through the file version.m4

Building

Grab the latest version from the Downloads section and extract it to your hard drive. Then run:

./configure
make
make install (as root)

This will compile and install Stjerm into your /usr/local/bin directory. Stjerm can then be started from a terminal or the GNOME Run Application dialog.

Dependencies

• pkg-config
• GTK+ 2 (>= 2.10)
• VTE (>= 0.16)

Configuration

Stjerm can be configured via the terminal or through the .Xdefaults file located in your home directory. For example, to run stjerm with F12 as shortcut key, the opacity of 60 and a green foreground color, use:

stjerm -k f12 -o 60 -fg 66ff11

To specify the same options in the .Xdefaults file:

stjerm.key: f12
stjerm.opacity: 60
stjerm.foreground: #66ff11

For a complete list of options, see the ConfigurationOptions wiki page.

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