How do I make terminator emulator appear and disappear like guake?

Question

I have ported my ios game to android using indie version. It has following issues:

1. Custom scroll implemented through code doesn't show up
2. Touches on ccmenu works on and off i.e i have to restart the game again and again sometimes they work sometimes they don't.
3. Nib files have the same issue mentioned in step two. Works on and off have to restart again and again.
4. Game icon is not appearing
5. Sometimes game stucks randomly and crashes.

Update:

Note: UIScroll works where we have used them in tableView and doesn't work where we have only used UIscroll.

Solution 1

I was trying do the same thing (being a fan of both guake and terminator). Here's what I came up with (a customized version of desqua's answer to this question):

To launch an application or to show its window if already launched or to minimize if it is focused

1) Install wmctrl & xdotool, or in a terminal: sudo apt-get install wmctrl xdotool

2) Make a script:

• Make a file gedit ~/bin/launch_focus_min.sh

And paste this:

#!/bin/bash                                                                                                            
#
# This script does this:
# launch an app if it isn't launched yet,
# focus the app if it is launched but not focused,
# minimize the app if it is focused.
#
# by desgua - 2012/04/29
# modified by olds22 - 2012/09/16
#  - customized to accept a parameter
#  - made special exception to get it working with terminator


# First let's check if the needed tools are installed:

tool1=$(which xdotool)
tool2=$(which wmctrl)

if [ -z $tool1 ]; then
  echo "Xdotool is needed, do you want to install it now? [Y/n]"
  read a
  if [[ $a == "Y" || $a == "y" || $a = "" ]]; then
    sudo apt-get install xdotool
  else
    echo "Exiting then..."
    exit 1
  fi
fi

if [ -z $tool2 ]; then
  echo "Wmctrl is needed, do you want to install it now? [Y/n]"
  read a
  if [[ $a == "Y" || $a == "y" || $a = "" ]]; then
    sudo apt-get install wmctrl
  else
    echo "Exiting then..."
    exit 1
  fi
fi


# check if we're trying to use an app that needs a special process name
# (because it runs multiple processes and/or under a different name)
app=$1
if [[ $app == terminator ]]; then
  process_name=usr/bin/terminator
else
  process_name=$app
fi

# Check if the app is running (in this case $process_name)

#pid=$(pidof $process_name) # pidof didn't work for terminator
pid=$(pgrep -f $process_name)

# If it isn't launched, then launch

if [ -z $pid ]; then
  $app

else

  # If it is launched then check if it is focused

  foc=$(xdotool getactivewindow getwindowpid)

  if [[ $pid == $foc ]]; then

    # if it is focused, then minimize
    xdotool getactivewindow windowminimize
  else
    # if it isn't focused then get focus
    wmctrl -x -R $app
  fi
fi

exit 0

• Make it executable: chmod +x ~/bin/launch_focus_min.sh

3) Make your keyboard shortcut:

• Open your keyboard settings and create a custom shorcut with the command: /home/<user>/bin/launch_focus_min.sh terminator (~/bin won't work)

• assign this command to Shift+Escape (or whatever keyboard shortcut you used for guake).

Solution 2

By selecting a set of preferences in Terminator, you can make it work almost similar to Guake.

Refer to the following article for detailed explanation.
http://www.webupd8.org/2011/07/install-terminator-with-built-in-quake.html

I would advise you to follow all the steps in the article to get the desired results. I skipped a few steps, thinking they weren't necessary, but were actually needed to overcome some bugs.

Comments

[Chirag]

Cannot leave terminator. I am using it since, last 2 years. Almost addicted to it by now. :)

[Chirag]

I tried this but it does not seem to work for me.

[Sina]

This is the perfect solution, The best of Guake with the best of Terminator, Thanks.

[Victor Basso]

had to change "~/bin/launch_focus_min.sh terminator" into "/home/<user>/bin/launch_focus_min.sh terminator" for it to work for me

[sean_j_roberts]

I had to add a bash shebang to the beginning of the file to get it to run properly under zsh: #!/bin/bash