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><A
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>Menus</A
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>	<TT
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>GNOME Terminal</TT
> provides a number of control features accessible via the
	menus located at the top of the terminal window, and a
	<B
CLASS="GUIMENU"
>pop-up</B
>  menu available by pressing the right
	mouse button while holding the <B
CLASS="KEYCAP"
>CTRL</B
> key. 
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><A
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>File menu</A
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><B
CLASS="GUIMENUITEM"
>New terminal</B
></DT
><DD
><P
>		Create a new terminal window.  This is an efficient
		way to create multiple terminals, as this uses less
		system resources than starting a separate copy of
		<TT
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>GNOME Terminal</TT
>. (For advanced users: the new terminal window
		created in this way is owned by the same process, with
		the same PID as the original terminal.  Each window
		starts its own sub-shell process, however.)
	      </P
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><DT
><B
CLASS="GUIMENUITEM"
>Hide menubar</B
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><DD
><P
>		Hides the main menu bar on the terminal, creating a
		neater, smaller terminal.  The menu bar can be
		retrieved using the <A
HREF="menus.html#MENU-POPUP"
>		<B
CLASS="GUIMENU"
>pop-up</B
> menu</A
>.
	      </P
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><B
CLASS="GUIMENUITEM"
>Close terminal</B
></DT
><DD
><P
>		Closes the current terminal. It also closes any other 
                terminals opened via the command line in that terminal.
                If this is the last terminal to be closed, then the 
                <TT
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>GNOME Terminal</TT
> program exits. 
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><A
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>Edit menu</A
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><B
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>Paste</B
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><DD
><P
>		Pastes the current selection or clipboard into the
		terminal.  This can also be achieved by pressing the
		middle mouse button.
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>Settings menu</A
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><DT
><B
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>Preferences ...</B
></DT
><DD
><P
>		Displays the <SPAN
CLASS="INTERFACE"
>Preferences</SPAN
>
		dialogue,  described in <A
HREF="config.html"
>the section called <I
>Configurable options</I
></A
>.
	      </P
></DD
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><B
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>Reset Terminal</B
></DT
><DD
><P
>		Resets the terminal parameters.  This will not clear
		the screen or move the cursor, but any subsequent
		terminal output will be reset to the default font and
		attributes.
	      </P
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><DT
><B
CLASS="GUIMENUITEM"
>Reset and Clear</B
></DT
><DD
><P
>		Resets the terminal parameters, also clearing the
		screen.  All character fonts and attributes are reset.
	      </P
></DD
><DT
><B
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>Colour selector ...</B
></DT
><DD
><P
>		Can be used to drag-and-drop colours into the
		terminal.  See <A
HREF="config.html#CONFIG-COLOUR"
>the section called <I
>Colour configuration</I
></A
> for details.
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>Help menu</A
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>GNOME terminal users guide ...
                </B
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><DD
><P
>		How to get to this document from within <TT
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>GNOME Terminal</TT
>.
	      </P
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><DT
><B
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>About ...</B
></DT
><DD
><P
>		A little bit of kudos for all of the very hard working
		guys who made it all possible.
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><A
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>Pop-up menu</A
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>	  The <B
CLASS="GUIMENU"
>pop-up</B
> control menu can be invoked by
	  clicking with the right mouse button anywhere in the
	  terminal window with the <B
CLASS="KEYCAP"
>CTRL</B
> key
	  depressed. (It is sometimes not necessary to hold down the
	  <B
CLASS="KEYCAP"
>CTRL</B
> key to get the pop-up menu, but do not
	  assume this is always so.).  It is provided as a simple
	  short-cut to some of the commands of the main menus; this is
	  especailly useful when the menubar is hidden.  The following
	  items are available:
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><B
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>New terminal ...</B
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><DD
><P
>		Creates a new terminal window.
	      </P
></DD
><DT
><B
CLASS="GUIMENUITEM"
>Preferences ...</B
></DT
><DD
><P
>		Displays the <SPAN
CLASS="INTERFACE"
>Preferences</SPAN
>
		dialogue,  described in <A
HREF="config.html"
>the section called <I
>Configurable options</I
></A
>. 
	      </P
></DD
><DT
><B
CLASS="GUIMENUITEM"
>Show menubar</B
></DT
><DD
><P
>	      Checking/unchecking this option shows or hides the
	      menubar at the top of the terminal window.
	    </P
></DD
><DT
><B
CLASS="GUIMENUITEM"
>Secure keyboard</B
></DT
><DD
><P
>This option forces all the keyboard input to be sent
	      directly to the terminal, and bypass anything else. This
	      is useful in the (rare) situation when the same X server
	      is used by many users, and the X server is not using
	      proper authentication methods, thus making it possible
	      for other users to snoop on what you are typing. In such
	      a situation, it is advised that you switch to "secure
	      keyboard" mode before entering any confidential
	      inforamtion, such as passwords.
	    </P
></DD
><DT
><B
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>Reset terminal</B
></DT
><DD
><P
>		Resets the terminal attributes (font and background)
		without clearing the screen.
	      </P
></DD
><DT
><B
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>Reset and Clear</B
></DT
><DD
><P
>		Resets the terminal attributes and clears the
		screen.
	      </P
></DD
><DT
><B
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>Open in browser</B
></DT
><DD
><P
>	        If the mouse pointer was over a URL (for example, an
		Internet address) when the pop-up menu was invoked,
		then this option is available to launch a browser to
		view the URL.  Using <B
CLASS="KEYCAP"
>CTRL</B
>-left mouse
		button is a shortcut for this menu item.
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