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- | ====== Getting Started ====== | ||
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- | ===== Starting Terminal ===== | ||
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- | The easiest way to start //Xfce Terminal// is to use the applications menu of your desktop; for Xfce, point your mouse cursor to the desktop, press the right mouse button and choose {gui> | ||
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- | You can also start // | ||
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- | ===== When you first start Terminal ===== | ||
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- | When you start // | ||
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- | <figure "When you first start Terminal"> | ||
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- | The terminal window displays a command prompt where you can type UNIX commands. The command prompt may vary depending on the configuration of your shell. The cursor is positioned at the command prompt. When you type a UNIX command and press {key> | ||
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- | Terminal sets the following environment variables for the command running inside the terminal window: | ||
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- | ? TERM | ||
- | ! Set to xterm or xterm-color, | ||
- | ? COLORTERM | ||
- | ! Set to '' | ||
- | ? DISPLAY | ||
- | ! Set to the X11 display of the terminal by default. | ||
- | ? WINDOWID | ||
- | ! Set to the X11 window identifier of the terminal by default. | ||
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- | ===== Working with multiple terminals ===== | ||
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- | Terminal provides a tab feature that enables you to open several terminals within a single window. Each terminal is opened in a separate tab. Click on the appropriate tab to display the terminal in the window. Each tabbed terminal in a window is separate sub-process, | ||
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- | See the section [[usage|Usage]] for information about how to open a new tabbed terminal. | ||
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- | You can close a terminal tab by clicking on the close button in the terminal tab header or by choosing {gui> | ||