A terminal emulator for ex-Windows users

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Published on 2011-11-14T17:14:49Z Indexed on 2011/11/14 18:12 UTC
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There are several things I would like to be better in Ubuntu Terminal Emulator.

coloring, like in the source code
Copy and paste keyboard shortcuts that I used all the time in Windows: Ctrl-C and Ctrl-V

(Most of people here in Ubuntu use Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V keyboard shortcuts to copy and paste everywhere except the terminal! I think it's annoying for newcomers, and I don't worry about historical reasons)

A feature to save all the output to log file

UPDATE:

Can the terminal be a powerful feature-full user-friendly tool like a modern IDE? The Linux user can spend 30% of time in the terminal. Programmers no longer code in a notepad. Can I see the history pane? Suggestions? Directory pane? Commands list? Search for words in an output? Contextual behavior? "Search in Google" for a mouse right-click. Tips and tricks learning?

Time is money! Please, people, give me a link to the 21st - century terminal.

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