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docs: updated gui docs to include notes on running commands within nodes and using xhost for gui applications

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@ -383,6 +383,22 @@ wireless nodes that are farther than the range pixels apart are not linked.
During Execute mode, users may move wireless nodes around by clicking and
dragging them, and wireless links will be dynamically made or broken.
### Running Commands within Nodes
You can double click a node to bring up a terminal for running shell commands. Within
the terminal you can run anything you like and those commands will be run in context of the node.
For standard CORE nodes, the only thing to keep in mind is that you are using the host file
system and anything you change or do can impact the greater system. By default, your terminal
will open within the nodes home directory for the running session, but it is temporary and
will be removed when the session is stopped.
You can also launch GUI based applications from within standard CORE nodes, but you need to
enable xhost access to root.
```shell
xhost +local:root
```
### Mobility Scripting
CORE has a few ways to script mobility.