---
name: "yeahconsole"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "yeahconsole"
version: "0.3.4-6.1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/yeahconsole"
---

# yeahconsole(1)

drop-down X terminal emulator wrapper

## NAME

yeahconsole - drop-down X terminal emulator wrapper

## SYNOPSIS

**yeahconsole** \[**-h**\] \[**-e** *command*\]

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the **yeahconsole** command.

This manual page was written for the Debian distribution because the original program does not have a manual page.

**yeahconsole** is a wrapper for X terminal emulators that provide a drop-down terminal embedding other terminal emulators

## OPTIONS

A summary of options is included below. Any other argument is passed to the X terminal emulator.

- **-h**

  Show summary of options and supported xresources.

- **-e** *command*

  *command* will be run in the X terminal emulator used. If specified this must be the last option since everything after the -e will be interpreted as the *command*.

## RESOURCES

The resources from the embedded X terminal emulator will be used and are documented in the corresponding manpage for your X terminal emulator. The specific resources for yeahconsole follow:

**restart**

0 or 1, 1 should restart the terminal. Default is 0.

**term**

terminal to use, valid values: urxvt, urxvtc, xterm. Default is xterm.

**screenWidth**

width of the terminal. Default is the display width.

**consoleHeight**

number of lines of the console. Default is 10.

**xOffset**

x position. Default is set to 0.

**aniDelay**

delay for the slide animation. Default is 40.

**stepSize**

step size in pixels for the animation 0 will disable the animation. Default is set 1.

**handleWidth**

width for the resize handle. Default is 3.

**handleColor**

color for the resize handle. Default is grey70.

**toggleKey**

key combo that toggles yeahconsole. Default is ControlAlt+y.

**keyBigger**

increase height of yeahconsole. Default is Control+KP\_Add.

**keySmaller**

decrease height of yeahconsole. Default is Control+KP\_Subtract.

**keyFull**

toggle fullscreen mode. Default is Alt+F11.

## SEE ALSO

xterm (1), rxvt (1).

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Damián Viano \<debian@damianv.com.ar\> for the Debian system (but may be used by others). Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 any later version published by the Free Software Foundation.

On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2006 Damián Viano\