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I've been looking for this for a while, and I can't find it anywhere.

I need to be able to zoom (equivalent of ctrl + shift + '+') via the terminal. I've tried xdotool, but do not know how to get it to register '+' (or the = key).

This is very important and has been a life dream of mine. Now that I'm somewhat capable with Ubuntu, I feel that I can finally achieve this goal: I need to make an alias such that when I type in "enhance", everything zooms.

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    Have you tried using the magnifier?
    – muru
    Oct 13, 2014 at 17:25
  • With Kubuntu and Konsole: Ctrl++ and Ctrl+-.
    – Cyrus
    Oct 13, 2014 at 17:48
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    What terminal are you using? What do you mean "zoom"? Increasing the text size or actually zooming?
    – terdon
    Oct 13, 2014 at 18:19
  • I haven't tried using the magnifier, but I want to be able to type a command into the terminal and have it zoom (actual zooming). I'm using whatever terminal comes with Ubuntu 14.04. I'm not looking for a keyboard shortcut—I want to be able to type something into the terminal
    – AmagicalFishy
    Oct 13, 2014 at 18:26
  • @AmagicalFishy the magnifier can be launched using a shortcut, so you can write an xdotool command similar to these to launch it.
    – muru
    Oct 13, 2014 at 18:49

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The xdotool (command-line X11 automation tool) commands to use are:

  • Zoom in (AKA Ctrl++)

     xdotool key Ctrl+plus

  • Zoom out (AKA Ctrl+-)

     xdotool key Ctrl+minus

  • Normal size (AKA Ctrl+0)

     xdotool key Ctrl+0

This won't work on Wayland (echo $XDG_SESSION_TYPE).

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