A List of Basic Shell Commands

The objective of this page is to supply a list of the commands tha appear in the root menu of the default VTWM. Commands are in bold optional arguments are in itallics.

To open emacs type: emacs filename &.

To open a new shell type: xterm &.

To open firefox type: firefox &.

To open the man browser type: tkman&.

If you have a question about a specific command instead you can type: man command. You can then use tthe arrow keys to scroll and q to quit.

To open the document viewer type: evince filename &.

If you desire a GNOME shell instead of a VTWM shell type: gnome-terminal &

To get to the chat type: xchat &

If you want to use vim instead of emacs open a new shell and type: vim.

For a tutorial on how to use vim type: vimtutor

To get a calculator type:xcalc &