Terminal window

[Colin Law]

On 16 April 2010 16:03, Ioannis Vranos <cppdeveloper at ontelecoms.gr> wrote:
> On Sat, 2010-04-17 at 00:45 +1000, Basil Chupin wrote:
>> On 17/04/10 00:10, Ioannis Vranos wrote:
>> > On Fri, 2010-04-16 at 23:50 +1000, Basil Chupin wrote:
>> >
>> >> My intended question was: how do I make the *TERMINAL* open in full
>> >> screen mode and not as a small window (and then having to enlarge it)?
>> >>
>> >
>> > Found on google:
>> >
>> >
>> > gnome-terminal --full-screen
>> >
>>
>> I believe that this should be "--maximize".
>>
>> I used this and now I get a maximised screen.
>
>
> I just tested both. --maximize starts the terminal maximized, while
> --full-screen starts the terminal in full screen (the window title area
> is not visible).

Just for completeness you can also use, for example,
gnome-terminal --geometry 120x45
to get a particular size window.

Colin