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Terminal Plugin

Help query: "What does the terminal plugin do?" / "How do I use terminal in Volt?"

The terminal plugin opens builtin terminal buffers in the workspace or as a popup. The shell program and args come from user/config/ui.yaml (with platform defaults if unset).

Package nameterminal
Moduleuser/terminal.rs

What it does

  • Open a terminal buffer in the workspace
  • Open a terminal in a popup window
  • Use a configurable shell (pwsh, nu, $SHELL, and similar)

Commands

CommandDescription
terminal.openOpens the builtin terminal buffer.
terminal.popupOpens a terminal in a popup window.

Keybindings

ChordCommandScope
`Ctrl+``terminal.openGlobal

Notes

Configure terminal.program / terminal.args under user/config/ui.yaml. See Change the terminal shell.

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