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| author | Paul Eggleton <paul.eggleton@linux.intel.com> | 2011-08-23 14:19:39 +0100 |
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| committer | Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org> | 2011-08-24 19:49:36 -0700 |
| commit | 23a7eec17201c7084f690dce82dcf75150828ca2 (patch) | |
| tree | a74fb5e784e3e7639e5a2409fca8011ddb2157a3 /documentation | |
| parent | 547ba60f85643f589ce1665a5a8a20a049905fd5 (diff) | |
| download | ast2050-yocto-poky-23a7eec17201c7084f690dce82dcf75150828ca2.zip ast2050-yocto-poky-23a7eec17201c7084f690dce82dcf75150828ca2.tar.gz | |
documentation: update TERMCMD/TERMCMDRUN documentation
* xterm is now the default
* Konsole from KDE 4.x will no longer work due to changes in behaviour
(From yocto-docs rev: 031a619ca19dbc2011a4df7bba1c332f2770e15d)
Signed-off-by: Paul Eggleton <paul.eggleton@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | documentation/poky-ref-manual/development.xml | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | documentation/poky-ref-manual/ref-variables.xml | 12 |
2 files changed, 11 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/documentation/poky-ref-manual/development.xml b/documentation/poky-ref-manual/development.xml index 15f40fe..ff1d676 100644 --- a/documentation/poky-ref-manual/development.xml +++ b/documentation/poky-ref-manual/development.xml @@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ </para> <para> - The default shell used by <filename>devshell</filename> is the GNOME Terminal. + The default shell used by <filename>devshell</filename> is xterm. You can use other terminal forms by setting the <glossterm><link linkend='var-TERMCMD'>TERMCMD</link></glossterm> and <glossterm><link linkend='var-TERMCMDRUN'>TERMCMDRUN</link></glossterm> variables diff --git a/documentation/poky-ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/poky-ref-manual/ref-variables.xml index 3dd9183..34ce56a 100644 --- a/documentation/poky-ref-manual/ref-variables.xml +++ b/documentation/poky-ref-manual/ref-variables.xml @@ -1029,8 +1029,16 @@ This command is used by BitBake to launch a terminal window with a shell. The shell is unspecified so the user's default shell is used. - By default, the variable is set to "gnome-terminal" but it can - be any X11 terminal application or terminal multiplexers-like screen. + By default, the variable is set to "xterm" but it can + be any X11 terminal application or a terminal multiplexer such as screen. + </para> + <para> + NOTE: whilst KONSOLE_TERMCMD and KONSOLE_TERMCMDRUN are provided + and will work with KDE's Konsole terminal application Konsole from KDE 3, + Konsole in KDE 4.0 and later will no longer work here due to the fact + that it now launches in the background by default, and it is not practically + possible to wait until it has terminated. It is hoped that this can be fixed + in a future version. </para> </glossdef> </glossentry> |
