Re: x-terminal-emulator does not appear to accept comand line args

[Dom <toyer@rpdom.net>]

On 09/06/11 17:32, Camaleón wrote:
> On Thu, 09 Jun 2011 14:58:02 +0000, Camaleón wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 09 Jun 2011 07:21:58 -0700, briand wrote:
> >
> > > There's still a bug, as the man page brings up the man page/options for
> > > gnome-terminal which uses "--geometry=".
> >
> > I think there is no bug... let' see:
> >
> > sm01@stt008:~$ grep help /usr/bin/x-terminal-emulator
> >      elsif ($opt eq '-h' || $opt eq '--help')
> > 	push(@args, '--help');
> >
> > The "help" command from "x-terminal-emulator" accepts both arguments, "-
> > h" and "--help") ;-)
>
> Err... after re-reading my response I think I've completely lost my
> bearings (I don't know how in hell I linked the "--help" parameter with
> the man page, sorry).
>
> Anyway, I think "gnome-terminal" does not have to share the same
> arguments than "x-terminal-emulator" so IMO, still no bug (yes, the man
> page launched is the one of "gnome-terminal" but that's the expected
> because in the end the perl script points to "gnome-terminal" binary or
> whatever terminal the user has setup as default).

Actually the perl script in this case only points to "gnome-terminal", 
nothing else.

"x-terminal-emulator" is a symlink to 
"/etc/alternatives/x-terminal-emulator", which is a symlink to the perl 
script "/usr/bin/gnome-terminal.wrapper".

I think that as the wrapper is translating x-terminal options to 
gnome-terminal equivalents, it shouldn't pass through "-h" or "--help", 
but should display a basic usage page for the options that *it* accepts.

Therefore I consider this to be a bug (albeit minor in nature). I just 
use the native gnome-terminal options anyway.

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Dom