====== HOWTO have terminator become your wallpaper ======
This Howto is made by **AlexelA**, and is from this forum [[http://crunchbanglinux.org/forums/topic/777/howto-have-terminator-become-your-wallpaper/|thread]].

===== Introduction =====
There is so much unused screen real estate when you first boot your computer.\\ 
Sure you might have a detailed [[Conky|Conky]] setup running, a taskbar, and a cute little clock in the bottom right-hand corner, but let's face it, 80% of your desktop isn't being used and you'll have to click on something or use some keyboard shortcut key for anything to happen.

What if I told you that life needn't be this way? That, if you wanted to, you could have [[Terminator]] sitting at the bottom layer of whatever other applications you might be using, hungrily waiting for a "man touch" command, or perhaps a random series of ctrl+shift+e and ctrl+shift+o presses to see just how small of a terminal section you can squeeze out of it?

This Howto will help you transform your freshly booted CrunchBang system from this rather bland affair to [[http://i40.tinypic.com/34eru9x.png|this]], which might inspire you to do [[http://i39.tinypic.com/25ryrur.png|this]], which will lead you to [[http://i39.tinypic.com/ou7ihd.png|do this]], and will inevitably have your blood pressure on the rise as you type [[http://i43.tinypic.com/6dznt3.png|this]].

===== Step 1 =====
Open the file **~/.config/terminator/config**, also accessible through the menu under Preferences --> Terminator config --> edit config file, then paste these lines over anything that might be living in there.

<code>scrollbar_position=disabled
foreground_color=#ffffff
font=Mono 9
palette=#000000000000:#aaaa00000000:#0000aaaa0000:#aaaa55550000:#00000000aaaa:#aaaa0000aaaa:#0000aaaaaaaa:#aaaaaaaaaaaa:#555555555555:#ffff55555555:#5555ffff5555:#ffffffff5555:#55555555ffff:#ffff5555ffff:#5555ffffffff:#ffffffffffff
background_type=transparent
borderless=true
background_darkness=0.5
titlebars=false
handle_size=0</code>

Like all good goaltenders around the world, save.

===== Step 2 =====

You will be making two changes to this file, hence this Step has been broken down into relevant Subdivisions 1-stroke-49-slash-9 and 1-stroke-67-slash-5.


=== -- Subdivision 1-stroke-49-slash-9 ===
Add this code to the **<applications>** section of your **~/.config/openbox/rc.xml** file, also accessible through the menu under Preferences --> Openbox config --> edit rc.xml:

<code>    <application name="terminator" class="Terminator">
      <decor>no</decor>
      <focus>yes</focus>
      <position>
         <x>left</x>
         <y>0</y>
      </position>
      <layer>below</layer>
      <desktop>all</desktop>
      <skip_taskbar>no</skip_taskbar>
      <maximized>vertical</maximized>
    </application></code>

    
=== -- Subdivision 1-stroke-67-slash-5 ===
Next, add this section to the **<keyboard>** section of the same file, (see the [[configuring keybindings]] page for further details):

<code><keybind key="W-t">
      <action name="Execute">
        <startupnotify>
          <enabled>true</enabled>
          <name>Terminal</name>
        </startupnotify>
        <command>terminator --geometry=1200x0</command>
      </action>
    </keybind></code>
    
You might have to tweak the first value in the geometry option depending on your screen resolution and the space that your [[conky|conky]] might be taking up. I set the second value to 0 because the changes we made back in //Subdivision 1-stroke-49-slash-9// took care of everything (q.v. //<maximized>vertical</maximized>//).


=== OPTION -- Subdivision 34b-stroke-41-slash-12 ===
You might also want to add this to your **<keyboard>** section:

<code><keybind key="A-space">
      <action name="Iconify" />
    </keybind></code>

This will allow you to quickly minimize whatever applications you may have opened to get back to your now very useful wallpaper by pressing Alt-Space.