Terminator Layout Builder

Manage Terminator layouts easily using YAML file.

Installation

pip install terminator-layout-builder

Usage

Create a layout file in ~/.config/terminator/layout.yaml.

The file can contain a layout as simplest as this.

layoutA:
  - cmd: pwd

or as complex as this

layoutA:
  - cmd: pwd

layoutB:
  # A window
  - root: $HOME/project # root for this window
    vertical:
      panes:
        - cmd: pwd && echo $SHELL
        - cmd: whoami

  # Another window
  - root: "/tmp"
    tabs:
      labels:
        - Logs
        - Services
        - Monitoring
      items:
        - horizontal:
            ratio: 0.5
            panes:
              - vertical:
                  ratio: 0.67
                  panes:
                    - title: "some title"
                      cmd: pwd
                    - root: "~" # overwrite window's root
                      cmd: pwd
              - cmd: tail -f /var/log/syslog
        - horizontal:
            panes:
              - cmd: tail -f /dev/null
              - cmd: tail -f /dev/null
        - cmd: htop

Next, run tlb and the layouts will be merge into your Terminator config, and you can start your layout by using Terminator Layout Launcher.

Alternatively, you can also use tlb -l <layout> (alias to terminator -u -m -b -l <layout>) to launch your Terminator with the layout.

Inspirations

• Tmuxinator
• Terminator layout builder gist