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[sindi keesan <keesan AT SDF.ORG>]

On Mon, 11 Jun 2012, Terry Maiden wrote:

> I have a few simple questions about shells.  When I start up BL it 
> starts a shell.  At the shell prompt I type in "startx" so X runs in the 
> initial shell.  When X comes up I sometimes open a window with a shell 
> prompt in it.  Is this the same shell or another?  Two shells running at 
> this point?  Say I then start LINKS-0.95.  There is an option in LINKS 
> to open another command window, another shell?  Three shells running?

You are opening an xterm or rxvt pseudoterminal inside X.
Instead of doing this, you can type Alt-F2 to get a second terminal. 
Ctrl-alt-F5 will bring back X.  Links does not need X unless you download 
and install the graphical version that Steven compiled and type links -g.

Sindi