[gnome-terminal/wip/mallard-merge: 201/289] Help: Modified help pref-custom-shells.page.



commit de16c122d0b969954b4f602911c33476107c4147
Author: Sindhu S <sindhus live in>
Date:   Sun Feb 24 14:07:44 2013 +0530

    Help: Modified help pref-custom-shells.page.
    
    Added steps on how to start Terminal with a command or shell of
    user's choice.
    Added a note about adding command or shell name by full giving
    full path to the same. See: Bug 544101

 help/C/pref-custom-shells.page |   27 ++++++++++++++++++++-------
 1 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/help/C/pref-custom-shells.page b/help/C/pref-custom-shells.page
index 841b068..501a67e 100644
--- a/help/C/pref-custom-shells.page
+++ b/help/C/pref-custom-shells.page
@@ -12,16 +12,29 @@
 
     <link type="guide" xref="index#preferences"/>
 
-    <desc>Start your <app>Terminal</app> with a program or a different shell</desc>
+    <desc>Start your <app>Terminal</app> with a command or a different shell</desc>
 
   </info>
 
   <title>Custom shells</title>
 
-  <p>Go to Menu:: Edit> Profile Preferences > Title and Command tab or alternatively you can press Alt + o 
and click on the "Title and Command" tab.</p>
-
-<!-- Some more instructions and a simpler explanation needed. -->
-
-  <p>A shell is software that provides an interface for users of an operating system to invoke or "launch" 
another program; however, shells frequently have additional capabilities such as viewing the contents of 
directories. So the hierarchy is CLI has ( terminal has Shell ) and Terminal emulates those.</p>
-  
+  <p>A shell is software that provides an interface for users of an operating system to invoke or "launch" 
another program; however, shells frequently have additional capabilities such as viewing the contents of 
directories.</p>
+
+  <p>To start <app>Terminal</app> to run a command or a shell other than <gui>Bash</gui>:</p>
+
+    <steps>
+      <item>
+        <p>Select <guiseq><gui style="menu">Edit</gui><gui style="menuitem">Profile Preferences…</gui><gui 
style="tab">Title and Command</gui></guiseq></p>
+      </item>
+      <item>
+        <p>Select <gui>Run a command instead of my shell</gui>.</p>
+      </item>
+      <item>
+        <p>In the input box, type the name of the command or the desired shell.</p>
+      </item>
+    </steps>
+
+  <note style="important">
+    <p>You may have to enter full path to the command or shell in case you have not added the directory 
where the command or shell resides to the system's PATH variable.</p>
+  </note>
 </page>


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