source: gnome/core/gnome-terminal.xml@ ac038a3

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  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
  %general-entities;

<!ENTITY gnome-terminal-download-http "http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gnome-terminal/&gnome-version;/gnome-terminal-&gnome-terminal-version;.tar.bz2">
<!ENTITY gnome-terminal-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gnome-terminal/&gnome-version;/gnome-terminal-&gnome-terminal-version;.tar.bz2">
<!ENTITY gnome-terminal-md5sum "062744daca0c7f708b8c52f47b5db0d1">
<!ENTITY gnome-terminal-size "2.3 MB">
<!ENTITY gnome-terminal-buildsize "33 MB">
<!ENTITY gnome-terminal-time "0.2 SBU">
]>

<sect1 id="gnome-terminal" xreflabel="GNOME Terminal-&gnome-terminal-version;">
<sect1info>
<othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
<date>$Date$</date>
</sect1info>
<?dbhtml filename="gnome-terminal.html"?>
<title>GNOME Terminal-&gnome-terminal-version;</title>

<sect2>
<title>Introduction to <application><acronym>GNOME</acronym> 
Terminal</application></title>

<para>The <application><acronym>GNOME</acronym> Terminal</application> package 
contains the console. This is useful for executing programs from a command 
prompt.</para>

<sect3><title>Package information</title>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
<listitem><para>Download (HTTP): <ulink
url="&gnome-terminal-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download (FTP): <ulink
url="&gnome-terminal-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download MD5 sum: &gnome-terminal-md5sum;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download size: &gnome-terminal-size;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated disk space required:
&gnome-terminal-buildsize;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated build time:
&gnome-terminal-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
</sect3>

<sect3><title><application><acronym>GNOME</acronym> Terminal</application> 
dependencies</title>
<sect4><title>Required</title>
<para><xref linkend="libgnomeui"/>, 
<xref linkend="scrollkeeper"/>, 
<xref linkend="vte"/> and 
<xref linkend="startup-notification"/></para>
</sect4>
</sect3>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Installation of <application><acronym>GNOME</acronym> 
Terminal</application></title>

<para>Install <application><acronym>GNOME</acronym> Terminal</application> by 
running the following commands:</para>

<screen><userinput><command>./configure --prefix=`pkg-config --variable=prefix ORBit-2.0` \
    --localstatedir=/var/lib --sysconfdir=/etc/gnome &amp;&amp;
make</command></userinput></screen>

<para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>

<para>Now, as the root user:</para>

<screen><userinput role='root'><command>make install</command></userinput></screen>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Command explanations</title>

<para><parameter>--localstatedir=/var/lib</parameter>: This switch puts 
<application>ScrollKeeper</application> files in 
<filename class="directory">/var/lib/scrollkeeper</filename> instead of 
<filename class="directory">$GNOME_PREFIX/var/scrollkeeper</filename>.</para>

<para><parameter>--sysconfdir=/etc/gnome</parameter>: This switch
puts configuration files in <filename class="directory">/etc/gnome</filename> 
instead of <filename class="directory">$GNOME_PREFIX/etc</filename>.</para>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Contents</title>

<para>The <application><acronym>GNOME</acronym> Terminal</application> package 
contains <command>gnome-terminal</command>.</para>

</sect2>

<sect2><title>Description</title>

<sect3><title>gnome-terminal</title>
<para><command>gnome-terminal</command> provides the command prompt in
the <application><acronym>GNOME</acronym></application> environment.</para>
</sect3>

</sect2>

</sect1>