Terminator, a versatile and feature-rich terminal emulator for Linux and Unix-like systems, has returned from a year‐long silence with the release of version 2.1.5.
For the uninitiated, Terminator enables users to split the terminal window horizontally and vertically, creating a customizable grid of terminal panes. The app also supports multiple tabs and can broadcast input to multiple terminals.
Among the notable improvements, the new version now supports cloning SSH and container sessions when splitting the terminal pane. Command navigation has also been refined, adding a reverse search keyboard shortcut that makes finding previously entered commands faster and more intuitive.
Moreover, the team has squashed several errors. Notably, invalid escape sequences have been corrected, plus a critical test failure has also been addressed.
In addition, the search bar has received visual and functional upgrades, helping users filter output more effectively, and layout management has been tightened to avoid errors when changing pane configurations or using the save button, preventing unexpected interruptions during use.
Lastly, Terminator 2.1.5 also modernizes the codebase by removing support for older Python versions no longer compatible with current tooling and cleaning up internal signal handling and error management.
For more information, see the changelog.
