term¶

an on-screen console in the desktop app frame (graphics mode)
NAME
    term - an on-screen console in the desktop app frame (graphics mode)

SYNOPSIS
    term

DESCRIPTION
    The Term app (two-mode P5): a full-screen terminal on the GL display.
    It IS the glass TTY (the on-screen console) presented as a desktop app.
    Type a command at the "term>" prompt and it runs with its output drawn
    ON THE SCREEN; the session accumulates as you go.

    Requires a display (a GL card fitted). Launch it from the Finder APPS
    menu (press 'a', then T), or run it from the shell.

USAGE
    term> ls              run any /bin command; output appears on screen
    term> cube            a graphics program takes the screen, then returns
    term> exit            leave Term -> back to the Finder desktop

    (quit is a synonym for exit.)

NOTES
    There is no "run a program and return" call on the P8X, so Term persists
    the way the desktop auto-returns: after a command it writes a two-line
    script -- the command, then "run /bin/term.bin -c" -- and hands it to the
    shell (SYS_RUNSH). The command runs; Term re-launches in continue mode
    (-c), which keeps the screen instead of re-clearing it. `exit` becomes
    /bin/finder.bin instead.

    The console it uses is the glass TTY, which is on by default whenever a
    card is fitted (see `screen`); Term just claims the app frame over it.

SEE ALSO
    finder, screen, paint