Last Updated: February 25, 2016
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· fmancinelli

Terminal on demand

I use Gnome3 and I use a lot the terminal.

I configured Gnome3 so that a terminal is always a keystroke away: hit CTRL+ENTER and you have it on the screen, with the prompt ready to accept commands.

To configure this (and many other) shortcut do the following:

  • Go to the Keyboard section in System settings
  • Open the Shortcuts tab
  • Add a new Custom shortcut using the gnome-terminal (or your favourite terminal) as the command
  • Bind it to CTRL+ENTER (or the shortcut you prefer)