naming terminals

[royston]

When using NetBSD i found it useful to name the tabs of the terminal emulators I was using: vi, ./, top and so on. I have not been able to discover how to do this in Linux Mint. Is there a way?

[gm10]

Depends on your terminal emulator. In this one you can just right-click the tabs:

[royston]

Here is a screenshot of the terminal I am using (right-clickingdoesn't seem to offer any alternatives) :

[royston]

Thanks you. I was not aware that different terminals were available. Any suggestions on how to change mine?

[royston]

I may have this handled: open System Settings >> Preferred Applications >> and select Terminal ? I will try that. Thanks again.

[gm10]

Here is a screenshot of the terminal I am using (right-clickingdoesn't seem to offer any alternatives) :

You'll have to actually add another tab for that option. If you want change the default name of the terminal window itself you can do that in its preferences.

Thanks you. I was not aware that different terminals were available. Any suggestions on how to change mine?

Take a look through the Software Manager, there's a ton of different terminal emulators available. But see above, your current one should be fine.

[royston]

This didn't work. I got to system settings > preferred applications (see screenshot)

but the terminal button did not offer a drop-down menu. Is there a way to install alternative terminals?

[gm10]

Is there a way to install alternative terminals?

As I said, use Software Manager to find and install one. The Preferred Applications listing only lets you choose from what you've already installed.

[royston]

I installed MATE and I like it! Problem solved! Thanks everybody!