Vincent Renardias
vincent@ldsol.com 1998-2000.
Joaquim Fellmann
joaquim@hrnet.fr 2000.
Christophe Merlet
redfox@redfoxcenter.org 2000-2006.
Christophe Fergeau
teuf@users.sourceforge.net 2002-2003.
Sun G11n
gnome_int_l10n@ireland.sun.com 2002.
Robert-André Mauchin
zebob.m@pengzone.org 2006-2008.
Stéphane Raimbault
stephane.raimbault@gmail.com 2007.
Yannick Tailliez
ytdispatch-libre@yahoo.com 2008.
Claude Paroz
claude@2xlibre.net 2008-2010.
Gérard Baylard
gerard dot b at bbox dot fr 2010

# When You First Start MATE Terminal

When you start MATE Terminal for the first time, the application opens a terminal window with a group of default settings. The group of default settings is called the Default profile.

# Example of a Default MATE Terminal Window

The terminal window displays a command prompt where you can type UNIX commands. The command prompt can be a %, #, >, $, or any other special character. The cursor is positioned at the command prompt. When you type a UNIX command and press Return, the computer executes the command. By default, MATE Terminal uses the default shell specified for the user who starts the application.

MATE Terminal also sets the following environment variables:

# `TERM`

Set to `xterm-256color` by default.

# `WINDOWID`

Set to the X11 window identifier by default.