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Where does man look to find its pages, and what program does it actually use to show them on screen?
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On a desktop Linux system, which terminal-emulator programs are you most likely to find, and how do they split by desktop environment?
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You click in the middle of a long command line in a terminal, expecting the cursor to move there like in a GUI text box. What does the mouse actually do in a terminal?
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