Menus
There are several menus you can pop up that have useful functions:
Connect to other hosts
If you move the mouse cursor to the root window and press down the left
button, a menu will pop up. This is called the "Connect to other hosts"
menu. This allows you to start up an xterm window on other hosts.
Choose one of the listed hosts, or chose the "Other systems" item to
connect to a system whose name you will specify.
Windows
When you press the middle button with the mouse cursor in the root
window, you will get the "Windows" menu. This allows you to open new
shell windows on the local system, or start X clients to
read mail,
look at manual pages
and many other things.
Screen Stuff
The "Screen Stuff" menu (which you get by pressing the right mouse
button) allows you to manipulate your X11 environment. For example,
if you wish kill one of your windows, pop up the "Screen Stuff" menu and
select "Destroy Client". The mouse cursor will change into a
skull-and-crossbones which you then position on the window you want to
kill. Press the left button and the selected window goes away. Another
important item on this menu is the "Exit from X" selection.
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