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Using terminator, I want to create tabs with distinct profiles running a custom command in place of a shell. For example I want to create a tab with distinct colors that executes a custom command like "sudo bash" or "ssh somewhere.local". I can create profiles with colors, and thru the "Command" tab I can select/fill-in "Run a custom command ...", BUT these custom commands only execute when I create a new separate window using:

terminator -p otherprofile

Merely changing the profile of an existing tab does not cause the custom command to execute, and there seems no way to create a tab with a selected initial profile. This sort of thing can be done with gnome-terminal and mate-terminal, btw.

Since these custom-command tabs will be created and eliminated based on need, I don't believe that the terminator 'layout' feature will help.

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Workaround: Enable the Custom Commands Menu plugin, create an entry for each profile/command and use

terminator --new-tab -p profilename -x your_command

to open a new tab with profile and command.

custom commands menu screenshot

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  • Kinda hack-y but it does work. Thanks. Commented Feb 17, 2023 at 18:25
  • Unfortunately this doesn't work in a way that I find acceptable. The command "terminator --new-tab -p profilename -x your_command" appears, echo'ed as a shell command, in the tab where it was initiated. The command also executes in the context of that tab, which causes a failure when initiated from a sudo or ssh tab. Thanks tho'. Commented Feb 17, 2023 at 21:09
  • Do you know what the context menu's Profiles sub-menu is good for, please? It does nothing when I select a specific profile there (apart from just "selecting" it for the current tab in the sub-menu), but a newly created tab has the default profile selected back. Commented Aug 19, 2023 at 13:57
  • @DavidFerenczyRogožan It just switches the profile on the current tab/window. You can also define previous/next shortcuts for that. Commented Aug 25, 2023 at 13:32

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