Working with Terminal

The Terminal feature allows you to open a command-line interface within Zend Studio. It supports local command prompt, SSH, Telnet or Serial line, as well as full ANSI cursor control, read-line and coloring on Windows, Linux and Mac. Previous sessions are remembered and auto-reconnected on quit and restart.

Opening a Folder/Project in Terminal

This procedure explains how to open a folder or a project in a terminal using the Terminal plugin in Zend Studio.

Instructions on how to complete a procedure

To open a folder or a project in Terminal:

In the PHP Explorer, right-click the folder or a project you wish to open in Terminal, and select Show In | Terminals.

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In the PHP Explorer, select the folder or a project you wish to open in Terminal, and press Ctrl+Alt+T.
The Terminal view is displayed.

Opening Terminal

This procedure explains how to open a terminal using the Terminal plugin in Zend Studio.

Instructions on how to complete a procedure

To open Terminal:

In the menu-bar, click the Terminal button .
The Launch Terminal dialog is displayed.

Select the terminal type you wish to open (Local, SSH, Serial, Telnet), and configure the terminal settings accordingly.
Select the encoding type (Default ISO-8859-1, UTF-8,cp1255).
Click OK.
The Terminals view is displayed.

To open a new Terminal, you can also press Ctrl+Alt+T.

To maximize the Terminals view, press Alt+Up and Alt+Right for quick access to other Zend Studio views.

To switch between multiple Terminal tabs, press Ctrl+PgUp/PgDn.

Customizing Terminal

This procedure explains how to configure the Terminal plugin in Zend Studio.

Instructions on how to complete a procedure

To configure Terminal:

In the menu-bar, go to Window | Preferences | Terminal.
The Terminal preferences dialog is displayed.
Configure Terminal:
- Invert terminal colors - select this check-box to invert the colors in Terminal.
- Terminal buffer lines - enter the number of buffer lines in Terminal (default is 1000).
Click Apply, and OK to apply changes.