Bug#476716: gnome-terminal: Gnome-terminal documentation problem - can't see what these options do

[Happy Gimper]

Package: gnome-terminal
Version: 2.14.2-1
Severity: minor

These two options of gnome-terminal is really hard to see their
differences.:

-------------------------manpage begin-----------------------
OPTIONS
       -e, --command=STRING
       		Execute the argument to this option inside the terminal.

	-x, --execute
		Execute the remainder of the command line inside the terminal.

------------------------manpage end-------------------------
I couldn't get what the "remainder of the command line" nor "argument to
this option"  is. 
Also,these two explanations are too abstract and confusing, therefore difficult
to understand especially for newbies. 

My suggestion is to add the following to the manpage of gnome-terminal:
--------------------------begin--------------------------------------
OPTIONS
	-e, --command=STRING
        	Execute the argument to this option (STRING) inside the terminal.
		If the STRING is a command line which contains some
		arguments splitted with spaces (' '), STRING should be
		quoted.

	-x, --execute
	       Execute the remainder of the command line inside the terminal.


These two options are basically the same, but "-x" option ignores spaces
in the command line after "-x".
(ex.) These two commands have the same effect.
	gnome-terminal -e "nautilus --browser /home"
	gnome-terminal -x nautilus --browser /home

Use "-e" or "--command=STRING" option when you want to execute a simple command.
Use "-x" or "--execute" option when you want to execute a complex
command line which contains a lot of arguments splitted with spaces ('
')

-----------------------------end-------------------------------------

I'm not sure this suggestion describe the true functions of
gnome-terminal though.


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-6-486
Locale: LANG=ja_JP.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=ja_JP.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

Versions of packages gnome-terminal depends on:
ii  gnome-control-center   1:2.14.2-7        utilities to configure the GNOME d
ii  gnome-terminal-data    2.14.2-1          Data files for the GNOME terminal 
ii  libatk1.0-0            1.12.4-3          The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libbonobo2-0           2.14.0-3          Bonobo CORBA interfaces library
ii  libc6                  2.3.6.ds1-13etch5 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libgconf2-4            2.16.1-1          GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libglade2-0            1:2.6.0-4         library to load .glade files at ru
ii  libglib2.0-0           2.12.4-2          The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome2-0            2.16.0-2          The GNOME 2 library - runtime file
ii  libgnomeui-0           2.14.1-2          The GNOME 2 libraries (User Interf
ii  libgnomevfs2-0         1:2.14.2-7        GNOME virtual file-system (runtime
ii  libgtk2.0-0            2.8.20-7          The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  liborbit2              1:2.14.3-0.2      libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA ORB
ii  libpango1.0-0          1.14.8-5          Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libpopt0               1.10-3            lib for parsing cmdline parameters
ii  libstartup-notificatio 0.8-2             library for program launch feedbac
ii  libvte4                1:0.12.2-5        Terminal emulator widget for GTK+ 
ii  libx11-6               2:1.0.3-7         X11 client-side library
ii  libxrender1            1:0.9.1-3         X Rendering Extension client libra
ii  scrollkeeper           0.3.14-13         A free electronic cataloging syste

Versions of packages gnome-terminal recommends:
ii  yelp                          2.14.3-2   Help browser for GNOME 2

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