Solaris Common Desktop Environment: User's Guide

Starting a Terminal Window

There are several ways you can start a Terminal window:

To Start a Terminal Window from the Front Panel

  1. Click the arrow above the Text Editor control (or the control that appears as the second one to the left of the workspace switches) in the Front Panel

  2. Click the Terminal control in the Personal Applications subpanel.

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    The default Terminal window appears.

To Start a Terminal Window from Application Manager

  1. Click the Desktop_Apps control on the Front Panel.

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  2. Double-click the Terminal icon (you may have to scroll down to see it).

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To Start a Terminal Window from File Manager

  1. Click the File Manager control on the Front Panel.

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    The File Manager window appears.

  2. Choose Open Terminal from the File Manager File menu.

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To Start a Terminal Window from the Window Menu

    Choose New from the Window menu of an existing Terminal window.

An exact replica of the Terminal window appears.