Working with Terminal

This topic describes the procedures for working with the Terminal plugin in Zend Studio.

Prerequisites

How do I install the Terminal plugin?

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:

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

  1. Select the terminal type you wish to open (Local, SSH, Serial, Telnet), and configure the terminal settings accordingly.
  2. Select the encoding type (Default ISO-8859-1, UTF-8,cp1255).
  3. 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:

  1. In the menu-bar, go to Window | Preferences | Terminal.
    The Terminal preferences dialog is displayed.
  2. 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).
  3. Click Apply, and OK to apply changes.