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Create a new terminal window. This is an efficient way to create multiple terminals, as this uses less system resources than starting a separate copy of GNOME Terminal. (For advanced users: the new terminal window created in this way is owned by the same process, with the same PID as the original terminal. Each window starts its own sub-shell process, however.)

Hides the main menu bar on the terminal, creating a neater, smaller terminal. The menu bar can be retrieved using the pop-up menu.

Closes the current terminal. It also closes any other terminals opened via the command line in that terminal. If this is the last terminal to be closed, then the GNOME Terminal program exits.

Pastes the current selection or clipboard into the terminal. This can also be achieved by pressing the middle mouse button.

Displays the Preferences dialogue, described in the section called Configurable options.

Resets the terminal parameters. This will not clear the screen or move the cursor, but any subsequent terminal output will be reset to the default font and attributes.

Resets the terminal parameters, also clearing the screen. All character fonts and attributes are reset.

Can be used to drag-and-drop colours into the terminal. See the section called Colour configuration for details.