Package: gnome-terminal
Version: 2.14.2-1
Severity: minor
These two options of gnome-terminal is really hard to see their
differences.:
-------------------------manpage begin-----------------------
OPTIONS
-e, --command=STRING
Execute the argument to this option inside the terminal.
-x, --execute
Execute the remainder of the command line inside the terminal.
------------------------manpage end-------------------------
I couldn't get what the "remainder of the command line" nor "argument to
this option" is.
Also,these two explanations are too abstract and confusing, therefore difficult
to understand especially for newbies.
My suggestion is to add the following to the manpage of gnome-terminal:
--------------------------begin--------------------------------------
OPTIONS
-e, --command=STRING
Execute the argument to this option (STRING) inside the
terminal.
If the STRING is a command line which contains some
arguments splitted with spaces (' '), STRING should be
quoted.
-x, --execute
Execute the remainder of the command line inside the terminal.
These two options are basically the same, but "-x" option ignores spaces
in the command line after "-x".
(ex.) These two commands have the same effect.
gnome-terminal -e "nautilus --browser /home"
gnome-terminal -x nautilus --browser /home
Use "-e" or "--command=STRING" option when you want to execute a simple command.
Use "-x" or "--execute" option when you want to execute a complex
command line which contains a lot of arguments splitted with spaces ('
')
-----------------------------end-------------------------------------
I'm not sure this suggestion describe the true functions of
gnome-terminal though.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
APT prefers stable
APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-6-486
Locale: LANG=ja_JP.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=ja_JP.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Versions of packages gnome-terminal depends on:
ii gnome-control-center 1:2.14.2-7 utilities to configure the GNOME d
ii gnome-terminal-data 2.14.2-1 Data files for the GNOME terminal
ii libatk1.0-0 1.12.4-3 The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii libbonobo2-0 2.14.0-3 Bonobo CORBA interfaces library
ii libc6 2.3.6.ds1-13etch5 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libgconf2-4 2.16.1-1 GNOME configuration database syste
ii libglade2-0 1:2.6.0-4 library to load .glade files at ru
ii libglib2.0-0 2.12.4-2 The GLib library of C routines
ii libgnome2-0 2.16.0-2 The GNOME 2 library - runtime file
ii libgnomeui-0 2.14.1-2 The GNOME 2 libraries (User Interf
ii libgnomevfs2-0 1:2.14.2-7 GNOME virtual file-system (runtime
ii libgtk2.0-0 2.8.20-7 The GTK+ graphical user interface
ii liborbit2 1:2.14.3-0.2 libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA ORB
ii libpango1.0-0 1.14.8-5 Layout and rendering of internatio
ii libpopt0 1.10-3 lib for parsing cmdline parameters
ii libstartup-notificatio 0.8-2 library for program launch feedbac
ii libvte4 1:0.12.2-5 Terminal emulator widget for GTK+
ii libx11-6 2:1.0.3-7 X11 client-side library
ii libxrender1 1:0.9.1-3 X Rendering Extension client libra
ii scrollkeeper 0.3.14-13 A free electronic cataloging syste
Versions of packages gnome-terminal recommends:
ii yelp 2.14.3-2 Help browser for GNOME 2
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