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      <mal:name>Vincent Renardias</mal:name>
      <mal:email>vincent@ldsol.com</mal:email>
      <mal:years>1998-2000.</mal:years>
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      <mal:name>Joaquim Fellmann</mal:name>
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      <mal:years>2000.</mal:years>
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      <mal:name>Christophe Merlet</mal:name>
      <mal:email>redfox@redfoxcenter.org</mal:email>
      <mal:years>2000-2006.</mal:years>
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      <mal:name>Christophe Fergeau</mal:name>
      <mal:email>teuf@users.sourceforge.net</mal:email>
      <mal:years>2002-2003.</mal:years>
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      <mal:name>Sun G11n</mal:name>
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      <mal:years>2002.</mal:years>
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    <mal:credit xmlns:mal="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" type="translator copyright">
      <mal:name>Robert-André Mauchin</mal:name>
      <mal:email>zebob.m@pengzone.org</mal:email>
      <mal:years>2006-2008.</mal:years>
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      <mal:name>Stéphane Raimbault</mal:name>
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      <mal:years>2007.</mal:years>
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    <mal:credit xmlns:mal="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" type="translator copyright">
      <mal:name>Yannick Tailliez</mal:name>
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      <mal:years>2008.</mal:years>
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    <mal:credit xmlns:mal="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" type="translator copyright">
      <mal:name>Claude Paroz</mal:name>
      <mal:email>claude@2xlibre.net</mal:email>
      <mal:years>2008-2010.</mal:years>
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    <mal:credit xmlns:mal="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" type="translator copyright">
      <mal:name>Gérard Baylard</mal:name>
      <mal:email>gerard dot b at bbox dot fr</mal:email>
      <mal:years>2010</mal:years>
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  <title>Introduction</title>
  <p><app>MATE Terminal</app> is a terminal emulation application that you can use to perform the following tasks:
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      <title>Access a UNIX shell in the MATE environment</title>
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			A shell is a program that interprets and executes the commands that you type at a command line prompt. When you start <app>MATE Terminal</app>, the application starts the default shell that is specified in your system account. You can switch to a different shell at any time.
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      <title>Run any application that is designed to run on VT102, VT220, and <app>xterm</app> terminals</title>
      <p><app>MATE Terminal</app> emulates the <app>xterm</app> application developed by the X Consortium. In turn, the <app>xterm</app> application emulates the DEC VT102 terminal and also supports the DEC VT220 escape sequences. An escape sequence is a series of characters that starts with the <key>Esc</key> character. <app>MATE Terminal</app> accepts all of the escape sequences that the VT102 and VT220 terminals use for functions such as to position the cursor and to clear the screen. 
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