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Alexander Malmberg <address@hidden> described the package as follows:
License: gpl
Other License: 
Package: Terminal.app
System name: terminal
Type: 2

Description:
Terminal.app is a terminal emulator for GNUstep (and OpenStep in general, in 
theory). It currently emulates a \\\'linux\\\' terminal, and does it well since 
the terminal emulation code is based on linux\\\'s console code. The design 
easily allows adding support for more terminals, but so far there are no 
others. Scrollback, cutting and pasting, colors, and keyboard handling is 
supported.

It also provides services to other GNUstep(/OpenStep) applications. (Services 
are a way in which GNUstep apps extend each other. Somewhat simplified, using a 
service automatically cuts the current selection from the app you\\\'re in, 
sends it to the service provider (starting it if necessary), and pastes back 
the result.) It is fully configurable, and comes with a small but nice set of 
default services, eg. \\\'Define word\\\' (will run dict on a selected string 
and display the results in a terminal window), \\\'Wrap to 72 columns\\\' 
(pipes the selection through fmt).

It\\\'s stable, but not as robust as it could be. Everything can be configured 
from the GUI. Things to improve or fix include font handling, handling of 
different character sets, robustness, remembering open windows, and general 
maintenance.

It already exists and you can download the latest distribution at 
http://w1.423.telia.com/~u42308495/alex/Terminal-0.9.1b.tar.gz
(this is 0.9.1 with a few misc. changes and the issues from the registration 
resolved (as far as I can tell).)



Other Software Required:
GNUstep (http://www.gnustep.org/ or http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/gnustep/)



Other Comments:
I\\\'ve used cvs locally when developing this, so it would be good if the 
existing repository could be moved to the new one (to preserve history and 
stuff). A tar-ball of the repository is at 
http://w1.423.telia.com/~u42308495/alex/Terminal-cvs.tar.gz .