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+% Terminal
+% 
+% 
+
+About
+=====
+
+Terminal is a full-screen text mode program that provides a Command-Line
+Interface (CLI) to the software on a Linux system, such as the Fedora
+Linux that Sugar on the XO is based on. Users type (sometimes cryptic)
+commands to perform file management, system administration, or in fact
+almost anything that can be done within Linux that does not involve
+graphics or video.
+
+For example, typing **pwd** (Print name of current/Working Directory) at
+the command line in the home directory gives that location as
+/home/olpc, and typing **ls** at the command line in /home/olpc in a
+fresh installation of Sugar 0.94.1 in English results in this listing of
+its contents.
+
+Where to get Terminal
+=====================
+
+Terminal is provided with Sugar on every XO. However, by default it is
+not selected for display in the Home view as a Favorite.
+
+-   To select Terminal as a Favorite, go to Home view, then click the
+    List view icon. Type Te into the search box. Click the star next to
+    Terminal. When you switch back to the ring of icons in Home view,
+    Terminal will be visible.
+
+-   Alternatively, you can leave Terminal unselected, and start it from
+    list view by clicking its icon or selecting Start from its hover
+    menu.
+
+If for some reason Terminal is not installed, it can be downloaded from
+its [Activity
+page](http://activities.sugarlabs.org/en-US/sugar/addon/4043)
+
+Using
+=====
+
+-   Type commands with options that modify their effects and arguments,
+    usually file names or other indications of where to get input and
+    where to put output.
+
+Examples: pwd and ls, as shown above
+
+-   Chain programs together, so that the following program processes the
+    output of the earlier program.
+
+<!-- -->
+
+    ls | grep "Sugar"
+
+Get a listing of the current directory, but show only lines where the
+file or directory name includes the text "Sugar". The | symbol, read
+pipe, represents the data link between the programs.
+
+-   Get information on programs. For example, many commands respond to
+    the -h or --help options with a concise summary.
+
+<!-- -->
+
+    grep -h 
+    Usage: grep [OPTION]... PATTERN [FILE]... 
+    Try `grep --help' for more information.
+
+The man and info utilities are unfortunately not available on XOs, but
+will undoubtedly be included in Sugar whenever the XO of that time is
+capacious enough for all of the manual and information pages in all of
+the supported languages.
+
+The Toolbars
+============
+
+-   Activity: Name this session, Exit
+-   Edit (scissors icon) Copy and Paste
+-   View (eye icon) Increase or Decrease font size; Full Screen
+-   Tabs: Open new tab; Close current tab; Next tab; Previous tab
+
+Learning with Terminal
+======================
+
+Terminal is essential to learning advanced Linux functions, such as
+system administration, compiling software, and many other such topics.
+
+Extending Terminal
+==================
+
+Users have the option of installing text-mode software that works in a
+terminal window. Examples include text editors such as pico, or file
+managers such as Midnight Commander. MC simplifies many command line
+activities for the user, providing equivalents to many command in menus
+and text windows. To install mc, enter
+
+    yum install mc
+
+This invokes the Yellow Dog Update Manager to install the Red Hat/Fedora
+package for mc, including the program, documentation, and other files.
+Then the user can type mc at the command line and get a two-panel
+display of files in the same or different directories, together with
+function buttons and menus for creating and deleting directories, moving
+or copying files, viewing or editing files, changing file permissions,
+and much more.
+
+See the FLOSS Manuals manuals
+
+-   [Terminal](http://en.flossmanuals.net/terminal/) about the Sugar
+    Terminal activity
+-   [Introduction to the Command
+    Line](http://en.flossmanuals.net/command-line/) for a user's
+    tutorial on command line functions
+
+Credits
+=======
+
+-   Sayamindu
+-   Wadeb
+-   Activity Team