[gnome-terminal] help: review pref-custom-shells.page



commit cce9f90a75bf56a58a2fb2af507fc246edc1f19d
Author: Ekaterina Gerasimova <kittykat3756 gmail com>
Date:   Sat Mar 2 23:24:54 2013 +0000

    help: review pref-custom-shells.page

 help/C/pref-custom-shells.page |   30 ++++++++++++------------------
 1 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/help/C/pref-custom-shells.page b/help/C/pref-custom-shells.page
index 5b5d5ba..f29c133 100644
--- a/help/C/pref-custom-shells.page
+++ b/help/C/pref-custom-shells.page
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 <page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/";
-      type="task"
+      type="topic"
       id="pref-custom-shells">
   <info>
     <link type="guide" xref="index#preferences"/>
     <link type="seealso" xref="gs-execute-commands"/>
     <link type="seealso" xref="prob-add-to-path"/>
 
-    <revision version="0.1" date="2013-02-25" status="candidate"/>
+    <revision version="0.1" date="2013-03-02" status="candidate"/>
 
     <credit type="author copyright">
       <name>Sindhu S</name>
@@ -28,22 +28,16 @@
 
   </info>
 
-  <title>Custom shells and commands</title>
+  <title>Custom commands and shells</title>
 
   <p>A <em>shell</em> is software that provides an interface for users of an
-  operating system to run programs and view the contents of directories. The
-  default shell is <app>Bash</app>.</p>
+  operating system to run <em>commands</em>, which can be programs such as
+  <app>top</app> or a command line shell. The default shell is usually
+  <app>Bash</app>.</p>
 
-  <p><app>Terminal</app> can be set to run a command, a custom shell or the
-  default shell with additional parameters, such as a configuration file other
-  than the default. A shell is a type of program, so <app>Terminal</app> can
-  also be exclusively set to run standalone programs such as <code>ls</code>,
-  <code>top</code>, <code>iwconfig</code> and so on.</p>
+  <p>You can set <app>Terminal</app> to run a command when it starts up instead
+  of awaiting input from you:</p>
 
-  <p>Programs that are executed in the command line environment are also
-  referred to as <em>commands</em>.</p>
-
-  <p>Set a custom command or a shell:</p>
   <steps>
     <item>
       <p>Select <guiseq><gui style="menu">Edit</gui>
@@ -51,10 +45,10 @@
       <gui style="tab">Title and Command</gui></guiseq>.</p>
     </item>
     <item>
-      <p>Select <gui>Run a command instead of my shell</gui>.</p>
+      <p>Check <gui>Run a custom command instead of my shell</gui>.</p>
     </item>
     <item>
-      <p>In the text box, type the the command or the desired shell.</p>
+      <p>In the text box, type the command or the desired shell.</p>
     </item>
     <item>
       <p>Open a new <app>Terminal</app> tab or window to see how the custom
@@ -67,8 +61,8 @@
 
   <note style="important">
     <p>You may have to enter full path to the command or the shell if the
-    directory where the command or shell resides is not in the <code>PATH</code>
-    variable of your your system.</p>
+    directory where the command or shell resides is not in the
+    <code>PATH</code> variable of your your system.</p>
   </note>
 
 </page>


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