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Created some plain vanilla chrome files to invoke XMLterm through mozilla. Compiles with Feb25 tree. git-svn-id: svn://10.0.0.236/trunk@61877 18797224-902f-48f8-a5cc-f745e15eee43
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XMLterm installation instructions for Linux binaries
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*NOTE* This work in progress. User beware!
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*NOTE* This plain text INSTALL file may be out date. Please check
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<http://xmlterm.org/install.html> for the most recent information.
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28 Feb 2000
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1. First obtain the Mozilla Linux binary tar file
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ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla/releases/m14/mozilla-i686-pc-linux-gnu-M14.tar.gz"
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and untar it in any convenient location. This will create a
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directory named "package" containing the binaries.
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2. Untar the XMLterm binary tar file "xmlterm-i686-pc-linux-gnu-M14.tar.gz"
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in the "package" directory created above.
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3. Type the following command in the "package" directory:
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./mozilla -chrome chrome://xmlterm/content/xmlterm.xul
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This should create an XMLTerm in the browser window. Then click on
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that window with the mouse to shift focus and start typing UNIX
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commands.
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**NOTE**
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The command prompt is assumed to be terminated by one of the characters
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"#$%>?", followed by a space. If this is not the case, many features will
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not work. This restriction will be relaxed in the future.
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4. To use the stand-alone XMLterm executable called "xmlterm",
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type the following command in the "package" directory:
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./xmlterm
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"xmlterm" is shorthand for the following command, which you may also execute
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directly
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./mozilla -chrome chrome://xmlterm/content/xmlterm.xul
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The above command(s) should create an XMLterm window. Click on that window
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with the mouse to give it focus and start typing UNIX commands.
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**NOTE**
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The command prompt is assumed to be terminated by one of the characters
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"#$%>?", followed by a space. If this is not the case, many features will
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not work. This restriction will be relaxed in the future.
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5. The command line can be edited using EMACS-style key bindings.
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Command completion should also work with TCSH and BASH, as should history
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recall.
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6. By default, blue coloring is used to indicate clickable display elements.
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Note that the prompt and the input command line are clickable.
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(Of course, the appearance of XMLterm is completely configurable
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using the CSS stylesheet chrome://xmlterm/skin/default/xmlterm.css)
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After typing one or two commands, click on the prompt string of any previous
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command to see what happens! Then click again on the same prompt string.
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Also click on "Hide all output" button at the top of the document.
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Clicking on a previous command line (to the right of the prompt) re-executes
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the command.
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7. The sample Perl script "xls", the iconic/hypertext version of the Unix "ls"
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command, is in the "package" directory. Also in the "package" directory
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is "xcat", an XMLterm-aware version of the "cat" command.
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8. To use XMLterm most efficiently, add the mozilla "package" directory
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to your execution PATH variable by modifying your shell initialization file
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(.profile/.cshrc). This will enable you to use commands such as
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"xmlterm", "xls", and "xcat" easily.
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