My wish is that I would have the ability to enlarge and reduce the size of the terminal (I use terminator) at will. For example, that by giving the command resize 600-400, I can resize my terminator window.
Is it possible? And if terminator is not capable of it, is there any other terminal that can do that?
There are control sequences that can change the size (and placement) of a terminal, e.g.
alias term-norm='printf "\033[8;24;80t"'
alias term-tall='printf "\033[8;0;80t"'
or in detail
ESC [
Control Sequence Introducer (CSI is 0x9b)
...
CSI Ps ; Ps ; Ps t
Window manipulation (from dtterm, as well as extensions).
These controls may be disabled using the allowWindowOps
resource. Valid values for the first (and any additional
parameters) are:
Ps = 1 -> De-iconify window.
Ps = 2 -> Iconify window.
Ps = 3 ; x ; y -> Move window to [x, y].
Ps = 4 ; height ; width -> Resize the xterm window to
given height and width in pixels. Omitted parameters reuse
the current height or width. Zero parameters use the dis-
play's height or width.
Ps = 5 -> Raise the xterm window to the front of the stack-
ing order.
Ps = 6 -> Lower the xterm window to the bottom of the
stacking order.
Ps = 7 -> Refresh the xterm window.
Ps = 8 ; height ; width -> Resize the text area to given
height and width in characters. Omitted parameters reuse the
current height or width. Zero parameters use the display's
height or width.
Ps = 9 ; 0 -> Restore maximized window.
Ps = 9 ; 1 -> Maximize window (i.e., resize to screen
size).
Ps = 9 ; 2 -> Maximize window vertically.
Ps = 9 ; 3 -> Maximize window horizontally.
Ps = 1 0 ; 0 -> Undo full-screen mode.
Ps = 1 0 ; 1 -> Change to full-screen.
Ps = 1 0 ; 2 -> Toggle full-screen.
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