[system-administrators-guide/draft] Improving the screen formating
stephenw
stephenw at fedoraproject.org
Sun Mar 2 17:31:21 UTC 2014
commit 6bdabd6757a0747c1e13a6757b5b27223316c6db
Author: Stephen Wadeley <swadeley at redhat.com>
Date: Sun Mar 2 18:28:50 2014 +0100
Improving the screen formating
en-US/Opening_GUI_Applications.xml | 21 ++++++++-------------
1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/en-US/Opening_GUI_Applications.xml b/en-US/Opening_GUI_Applications.xml
index c2aadf2..bce8734 100644
--- a/en-US/Opening_GUI_Applications.xml
+++ b/en-US/Opening_GUI_Applications.xml
@@ -15,8 +15,7 @@
<para>
Graphical applications can be launched from a terminal window or console session by simply typing the name of the application.
<screen>
- [fedorauser at localhost]$ <command>firefox</command>
- </screen>
+[fedorauser at localhost]$ <command>firefox</command></screen>
</para>
<note>
<title>File names vs Application names</title>
@@ -30,7 +29,7 @@
<example>
<title>Viewing errors by launching graphical applications from the command line</title>
<screen>
- [fedorauser at localhost]$ <command>astromenace-wrapper</command>
+[fedorauser at localhost]$ <command>astromenace-wrapper</command>
AstroMenace 1.3.1 121212
Open XML file: /home/fedorauser/.config/astromenace/amconfig.xml
@@ -55,14 +54,12 @@
640x480 32bit
640x480 0bit
768x480 16bit
- <output truncated>
- </screen>
+ <output truncated></screen>
</example>
<para>
To launch a graphical application, but fork the additional output into the background and return the terminal for immediate use, use the shell's <function>job control</function> feature.
<screen>
- [fedorauser at localhost]$ <command>emacs foo.txt &</command>
- </screen>
+[fedorauser at localhost]$ <command>emacs foo.txt &</command></screen>
</para>
<important>
<title>Ending a session</title>
@@ -83,19 +80,17 @@
<para>
Identify the X session you want to target. The <envar>DISPLAY</envar> variable is always an integer preceded by a colon, and will be <emphasis>:0</emphasis> in most cases. Check the arguments of the currently running <application>X</application> process to verify the value. The command below shows both the <envar>DISPLAY</envar> variable as well as the TTY that <application>X</application> is running on, <literal>tty1</literal>.
<screen>
- [fedorauser at localhost]$ <command>ps aux|grep /usr/bin/X</command>
- root 1498 7.1 1.0 521396 353984 <literal>tty1</literal> Ss+ 00:04 66:34 /usr/bin/X <literal>:0</literal> vt1 -background none -nolisten tcp -auth /var/run/kdm/A:0-22Degc
+[fedorauser at localhost]$ <command>ps aux|grep /usr/bin/X</command>
+root 1498 7.1 1.0 521396 353984 <literal>tty1</literal> Ss+ 00:04 66:34 /usr/bin/X <literal>:0</literal> vt1 -background none -nolisten tcp -auth /var/run/kdm/A:0-22Degc
- root 23874 0.0 0.0 109184 900 pts/21 S+ 15:35 0:00 grep --color=auto /usr/bin/X
- </screen>
+root 23874 0.0 0.0 109184 900 pts/21 S+ 15:35 0:00 grep --color=auto /usr/bin/X</screen>
</para>
</step>
<step>
<para>
Specify the <envar>DISPLAY</envar> variable when executing the program.
<screen>
- [fedorauser at localhost]$ <command>DISPLAY=:0 gnome-shell --replace &</command>
- </screen>
+[fedorauser at localhost]$ <command>DISPLAY=:0 gnome-shell --replace &</command></screen>
</para>
</step>
<step>
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