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  • Committer: Bazaar Package Importer
  • Author(s): Lionel Le Folgoc
  • Date: 2009-03-07 18:25:16 UTC
  • mfrom: (1.1.13 upstream) (6.1.2 experimental)
  • Revision ID: james.westby@ubuntu.com-20090307182516-m1ufxagwnyd2fzqt
Tags: 0.2.10-1ubuntu1
https://launchpad.net/bugs/339246
* Merge Xfce 4.6 final from Debian experimental, remaining Ubuntu changes
   (FFe granted, see LP: #339246):
   - debian/patches/xubuntu-change-desktop-category.patch: place terminal
     under Accessories, not System.

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<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"><title>Usage</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../terminal.css" type="text/css"><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.74.0"><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="Terminal Emulator"><link rel="up" href="index.html" title="Terminal Emulator"><link rel="prev" href="getting-started.html" title="Getting started"><link rel="next" href="preferences.html" title="Preferences"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Usage</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="getting-started.html">Prev</a>�</td><th width="60%" align="center">�</th><td width="20%" align="right">�<a accesskey="n" href="preferences.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="usage"></a>Usage</h2></div></div></div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2511650"></a>To open and close terminals</h3></div></div></div><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term">To open a new terminal window:</span></dt><dd><p>Choose <span class="guimenu"><strong>File</strong></span> &#8594; <span class="guimenuitem"><strong>Open
 
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<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"><title>Usage</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../terminal.css" type="text/css"><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.73.2"><link rel="start" href="index.html" title="Terminal Emulator"><link rel="up" href="index.html" title="Terminal Emulator"><link rel="prev" href="getting-started.html" title="Getting started"><link rel="next" href="preferences.html" title="Preferences"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Usage</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="getting-started.html">Prev</a>�</td><th width="60%" align="center">�</th><td width="20%" align="right">�<a accesskey="n" href="preferences.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="usage"></a>Usage</h2></div></div></div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2781692"></a>To open and close terminals</h3></div></div></div><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term">To open a new terminal window:</span></dt><dd><p>Choose <span class="guimenu"><strong>File</strong></span> &#8594; <span class="guimenuitem"><strong>Open
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            Terminal</strong></span> (or right-click the terminal window and choose <span class="guimenuitem"><strong>Open Terminal</strong></span>).</p><p>The new terminal inherits the working directory from its parent
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            terminal.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">To close a terminal window:</span></dt><dd><p>Choose <span class="guimenu"><strong>File</strong></span> &#8594; <span class="guimenuitem"><strong>Close
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            Window</strong></span>.</p><p>This action closes the terminal and terminates any subprocesses that
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            you opened from the terminal. If you close the last terminal window, the
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            Terminal application exits.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">To add a new tabbed terminal to a window:</span></dt><dd><p>Choose <span class="guimenu"><strong>File</strong></span> &#8594; <span class="guimenuitem"><strong>Open
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            Tab</strong></span> (or right-click the terminal window and choose <span class="guimenuitem"><strong>Open Tab</strong></span>).</p><p>The new terminal inherits the working directory from the
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            previously active terminal.</p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2507234"></a>To modify a terminal window</h3></div></div></div><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term">To hide the menubar:</span></dt><dd><p>Choose <span class="guimenu"><strong>View</strong></span> &#8594; <span class="guimenuitem"><strong>Show Menubar</strong></span> (or right-click the terminal window and choose <span class="guimenuitem"><strong>Show Menubar</strong></span>).</p></dd><dt><span class="term">To show a hidden menubar:</span></dt><dd><p>Right-click the terminal window and choose <span class="guimenuitem"><strong>Show Menubar</strong></span>
 
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            previously active terminal.</p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2781820"></a>To modify a terminal window</h3></div></div></div><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term">To hide the menubar:</span></dt><dd><p>Choose <span class="guimenu"><strong>View</strong></span> &#8594; <span class="guimenuitem"><strong>Show Menubar</strong></span> (or right-click the terminal window and choose <span class="guimenuitem"><strong>Show Menubar</strong></span>).</p></dd><dt><span class="term">To show a hidden menubar:</span></dt><dd><p>Right-click the terminal window and choose <span class="guimenuitem"><strong>Show Menubar</strong></span>
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            from the popup menu.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">To show or hide the toolbars:</span></dt><dd><p>Choose <span class="guimenu"><strong>View</strong></span> &#8594; <span class="guimenuitem"><strong>Show Toolbars</strong></span>.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">To customize the toolbars:</span></dt><dd><p>Be sure to show the toolbars first; then choose <span class="guimenu"><strong>Edit</strong></span> &#8594; <span class="guimenuitem"><strong>Toolbars...</strong></span>.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">To show or hide the window decorations:</span></dt><dd><p>Choose <span class="guimenu"><strong>View</strong></span> &#8594; <span class="guimenuitem"><strong>Show Window Borders</strong></span>.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">To put a terminal window into fullscreen</span></dt><dd><p>Choose <span class="guimenu"><strong>View</strong></span> &#8594; <span class="guimenuitem"><strong>Fullscreen</strong></span> from
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            the menubar (or right-click the terminal window and choose <span class="guimenuitem"><strong>Fullscreen</strong></span>).</p></dd><dt><span class="term">To change the appearance of the terminal window:</span></dt><dd><p>See <a class="xref" href="preferences.html" title="Preferences">the section called &#8220;Preferences&#8221;</a> for information about the options that you choose in
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            the <span class="guilabel"><strong>Terminal Preferences</strong></span> dialog to change the appearance and behaviour
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          tab header.</p></li><li><p>Type the new title in the <span class="guilabel"><strong>Title</strong></span> text box. Terminal applies
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          the change immediately.</p></li><li><p>Click the button <span class="guilabel"><strong>Close</strong></span> or press the <span class="keycap"><strong>Return</strong></span>
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          key to close the <span class="guilabel"><strong>Set Title</strong></span> dialog.</p></li></ol></div><p>To reset the terminal title to its default behavior, perform the same three steps
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      as described above, but enter an empty title.</p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2555757"></a>To recover your terminal</h3></div></div></div><p>This section provides some advice if you have problems with terminals.</p><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term">To reset the state of the terminal:</span></dt><dd><p>Choose <span class="guimenu"><strong>Terminal</strong></span> &#8594; <span class="guimenuitem"><strong>Reset</strong></span>.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">To reset the terminal and clear the terminal screen:</span></dt><dd><p>Choose <span class="guimenu"><strong>Terminal</strong></span> &#8594; <span class="guimenuitem"><strong>Reset and Clear</strong></span>.</p></dd></dl></div><p>
 
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      as described above, but enter an empty title.</p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2838127"></a>To recover your terminal</h3></div></div></div><p>This section provides some advice if you have problems with terminals.</p><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term">To reset the state of the terminal:</span></dt><dd><p>Choose <span class="guimenu"><strong>Terminal</strong></span> &#8594; <span class="guimenuitem"><strong>Reset</strong></span>.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">To reset the terminal and clear the terminal screen:</span></dt><dd><p>Choose <span class="guimenu"><strong>Terminal</strong></span> &#8594; <span class="guimenuitem"><strong>Reset and Clear</strong></span>.</p></dd></dl></div><p>
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        You can also use the shell commands <strong class="userinput"><code><span class="command"><strong>reset</strong></span></code></strong> and
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        <strong class="userinput"><code><span class="command"><strong>clear</strong></span></code></strong> to recover your terminal.
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      </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="customize-toolbars"></a>To customize the toolbars</h3></div></div></div><p>As already mentioned, Terminal includes support for customizable toolbars. The toolbars