From 47e37b349c598c678e0122937b17383ad892e66b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kenneth Odle Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2026 07:37:14 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Updated root, terminal --- include/3/root.tex | 2 +- include/4/terminal.tex | 4 +++- linux-dictionary.tex | 1 + 3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/3/root.tex b/include/3/root.tex index 0942bdb..be17ae4 100644 --- a/include/3/root.tex +++ b/include/3/root.tex @@ -1 +1 @@ -\item[root] \ No newline at end of file +\item[root] In Linux, the term ``root'' has a few different meanings. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/include/4/terminal.tex b/include/4/terminal.tex index 54170d9..1c5442c 100644 --- a/include/4/terminal.tex +++ b/include/4/terminal.tex @@ -1 +1,3 @@ -\item[terminal] A text-based user interface. On most Linux distros, it can be accessed by pressing \texttt{Ctrl + Alt + t}. \ No newline at end of file +\item[terminal] A text-based user interface. On most Linux distros, it can be accessed by pressing \texttt{Ctrl + Alt + t}. The default terminal in most distros is bash (the Bourne Again SHell). In reality, what we typically describe as a terminal is actually a \textit{terminal emulator}. + +\tab{}A bit of history is required here. In the old days, a computer took up an entire floor in a building (the proverbial ``computer in the basement''). Inputting data usually meant adding a stack of IBM punch cards to a card feeder. At some point, someone realized that you could interact with the computer by putting a CRT\footnote{cathode ray tube} monitor and keyboard in an office upstairs and connecting it with wires to the computer in the basement. The physical CRT and keyboard combination was called a ``terminal''. Hence the word \textit{terminal} originally referred to a physical ojbect. Technically speaking, the Linux kernel is headless\footnote{source?}, and the GUI (Debian, Ubuntu, Arch, etc.) provide a way to interact with it in a graphical way. A terminal emulator, therefore, emulates that remote control that we had with the physical terminal. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/linux-dictionary.tex b/linux-dictionary.tex index bc274fa..bb113b3 100644 --- a/linux-dictionary.tex +++ b/linux-dictionary.tex @@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ % Use tab stops when we need to \usepackage{tabto} +\TabPositions{5mm} % Include sections and subsections in the TOC % https://latex-tutorial.com/tutorials/table-of-contents/