Browsing
The VanCleve.com Terminal can be used to open Web pages. It's hard to tell whether this feature has any real utility; but it was easy to implement, so I implemented it. However, these following commands will only work with the applet version of the Terminal (as on the home page), not with the standalone
JAR file version, since the JAR is not attached to a browser.
There is an option--a flag--which works with the Terminal applet as well as other of my applets, such as the Menu. When it is enabled, Web pages triggered by an applet (such as when a link is clicked in the Menu) will always be displayed in a separate window, rather than the one containing the applet. This is useful because the home page, for all its applets, takes some time to reload. By using this separate window (see set use other window below), you can use my applets to surf the Web without having to reload them again and again.
goto
The goto command should be followed by a URL, such as you would type into your browser's location box. Depending upon how the aforementioned flag is set, the given page will be displayed either in the current browser window, replacing the page in which the Terminal is running, or in an auxillary one.
goto new
This is something like goto, except a new window is always created, no matter what. With the flag set by set use other window, a single auxillary window is reused for all pages, to avoid creating a big mess on your desktop. But this command will create an additional window each time, which may be desirable if you're already using your "other window" for something else. Also, the URL parameter is optional with goto new: if it is omitted, the new window will display your filesystem.
set use other window
Add "true" or "false" at the end of this command to direct Web pages opened by the applets on VanCleve.com to be displayed in a separate window (which is reused) or in the current window. This affects the Terminal as well as other applets, such as the Menu applet. (See the above description.)
Be advised, however, applets running on the same page as the Terminal will be updated by this command automatically, but only if your browser supports interapplet communication. (This used to be called LiveConnect.) As a patent fan of Java applets, I've always felt this technology was logical and worthwhile, despite certain security concerns. Unfortunately, many browsers still don't support the "LiveConnect" functionality. So you may type "set use other window true" and then notice the goto command in the Terminal begins using a separate window but the Menu does not. To get around this problem, just reload the page containing the Menu (most likely the home page), and it should then use the other window as well. You may also have to do this after logging in, for this same reason.