A terminal emulator is an application whose window provides
a command line. The command line lets you type commands into your system—for
example, operating system commands, script names, or commands that
run applications.
All applications have a command that users can type to start
them. The application's documentation usually describes
how to use the command.
The desktop provides a terminal emulator called dtterm. Your
system may include other terminal emulators.
To open a terminal emulator window, click the Terminal control
in the Personal Applications subpanel.
For more information on using dtterm, see Chapter 12 “Using Terminal ”
To Start an Application on Your System Using a Terminal Emulator
Type the command that starts the application
into the terminal emulator window.
If the application has its own window, you should add an ampersand character
(&) to the end of the command. This runs the application ''in the
background,'' which lets you continue using the
terminal emulator window while the application is running.
For example, the following command runs the load meter program
xload in the background:
To Start an Application on Another System Using a Terminal Emulator
There are two ways to use a command line to start an application
on another system:
Printable version
