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apps:terminal:usage [2012/12/28 13:46] – [Search in the Terminal Contents] nickapps:terminal:usage [2019/11/27 10:33] – [Usage] kevinbowen
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 ====== Usage ====== ====== Usage ======
  
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 ? To open a new terminal window ? To open a new terminal window
 ! Choose {gui>File>Open Terminal} (or right-click the terminal window and choose {gui>Open Terminal}). ! Choose {gui>File>Open Terminal} (or right-click the terminal window and choose {gui>Open Terminal}).
-! The new terminal inherits the working directory from its parent terminal.+! The new terminal by default inherits the working directory from its parent terminal (may be changed via [[advanced|hidden options]]).
  
 ? To close a terminal window ? To close a terminal window
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 ? To add a new tabbed terminal to a window ? To add a new tabbed terminal to a window
 ! Choose {gui>File>Open Tab} (or right-click the terminal window and choose {gui>Open Tab}). ! Choose {gui>File>Open Tab} (or right-click the terminal window and choose {gui>Open Tab}).
-The new terminal inherits the working directory from the previously active terminal.+The new terminal by default inherits the working directory from the previously active terminal.
  
 ===== To modify a terminal window ===== ===== To modify a terminal window =====
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 ! Choose {gui>View>Show Menubar} (or right-click the terminal window and choose {gui>Show Menubar}). ! Choose {gui>View>Show Menubar} (or right-click the terminal window and choose {gui>Show Menubar}).
  
-? To show a hidden menuba+? To show a hidden menubar
 ! Right-click the terminal window and choose {gui>Show Menubar} from the popup menu. ! Right-click the terminal window and choose {gui>Show Menubar} from the popup menu.
  
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 ! Choose {gui>View>Show Window Borders}. ! Choose {gui>View>Show Window Borders}.
  
-? To put a terminal window into fullscreen+? To put a terminal window into fullscreen mode
 ! Choose {gui>View>Fullscreen} from the menubar (or right-click the terminal window and choose {gui>Fullscreen}). ! Choose {gui>View>Fullscreen} from the menubar (or right-click the terminal window and choose {gui>Fullscreen}).
  
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 ! See the section called [[preferences|Preferences]] for information about the options that you choose in the Xfce Terminal Preferences dialog to change the appearance and behavior of the terminal windows. For example, you can change the background color or the location of the scrollbar. ! See the section called [[preferences|Preferences]] for information about the options that you choose in the Xfce Terminal Preferences dialog to change the appearance and behavior of the terminal windows. For example, you can change the background color or the location of the scrollbar.
  
-===== Search in the Terminal Contents ===== 
  
-Open the Find dialog, by clicking {gui>Terminal>Find...}. 
- 
-<figure "Search in scrollbar buffer"> 
-{{:apps:terminal:terminal-find.png?nolink&|}} 
-</figure> 
- 
-? Case sensitive 
-! Enable case sensitive matching. 
-? Match as regular expression 
-! Don't escape the search pattern, but use it directly for the regular expression. 
-? Match entire work only 
-! Add word boundary matching (\b) to the regular expression. 
-? Wrap around 
-! Jump to the beginning of the buffer, and visa-versa, when the end has been reached. 
- 
-If the dialog is closed, you can continue search with the {gui>Terminal>Find Previous} and {gui>Terminal>Find Next} menu actions. The search pattern will be unset when you clear the scrollbar buffer. 
 ===== To work with the contents of terminal windows ===== ===== To work with the contents of terminal windows =====
  
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 ! Perform one of the following actions ! Perform one of the following actions
   * Use the scrollbar, which is usually displayed on the right side of each terminal window.   * Use the scrollbar, which is usually displayed on the right side of each terminal window.
-  * Press the {key>Shift+Page Up}, {key>Shift+Page Down}, {key>Shift+Up}, {key>Shift+Down}, {key>Shift+Home}, or Shift+End} keys.+  * Press the {key>Shift+Page Up}, {key>Shift+Page Down}, {key>Shift+Up} ({key>Ctrl+Shift+Up} in 0.8.0), {key>Shift+Down} ({key>Ctrl+Shift+Down} in 0.8.0), {key>Shift+Home}, or {key>Shift+End} keys.
   * Use the middle wheel button on your mouse if applicable.   * Use the middle wheel button on your mouse if applicable.
 ! Terminal mimics the FreeBSD console when Scroll Lock is pressed. When scroll lock is active, ordinary input and output from the shell is suspended and you can scroll through the history with {key>Shift+Page Up} and {key>Shift+Page Down} or using the optional scrollbar. Press {key>Ctrl+S} to activate the scroll lock and {key>Ctrl+Q} to disable it afterwards. ! Terminal mimics the FreeBSD console when Scroll Lock is pressed. When scroll lock is active, ordinary input and output from the shell is suspended and you can scroll through the history with {key>Shift+Page Up} and {key>Shift+Page Down} or using the optional scrollbar. Press {key>Ctrl+S} to activate the scroll lock and {key>Ctrl+Q} to disable it afterwards.
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   * Move the mouse over the URL until the URL is underlined.   * Move the mouse over the URL until the URL is underlined.
   * Right-click on the URL to open the context menu.   * Right-click on the URL to open the context menu.
-  * Choose {gui>Open Link} from the context menu to start your preferred Web Browser and display the file located at the URL.+  * Choose {gui>Open Link} from the context menu to start your preferred Web Browser and display the file located at the URL. Since 0.8.0, you can also use {key>Ctrl}-click for that.
  
 ? To compose an email ? To compose an email