[gnome-terminal] help: review pref-custom-shells.page
- From: Ekaterina Gerasimova <egerasimov src gnome org>
- To: commits-list gnome org
- Cc:
- Subject: [gnome-terminal] help: review pref-custom-shells.page
- Date: Sun, 3 Mar 2013 21:52:03 +0000 (UTC)
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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