--execute changes following -h to --help

[Gary Filipski]

Description: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS
Release: 16.04

gnome-terminal:
  Installed: 3.18.3-1ubuntu1
  Candidate: 3.18.3-1ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 3.18.3-1ubuntu1 500
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

Create a bash script called echoParams.sh somewhere in your current path (attached):

    #!/bin/bash
    for param in "$@"
    do echo "param '$param'"
    done
    echo -n "Enter to finish..."
    read junk

Execute the following:

    $ gnome-terminal --execute echoParams.sh -h

In a new terminal window the output is:

    param '--help'
    Enter to finish...

... meanwhile, back at the command line:

    $ which gnome-terminal
    /usr/bin/gnome-terminal

    $ gnome-terminal --version
    GNOME Terminal 3.18.3

The '-h' is being translated and passed as '--help'

... which is no help at all if the --execute command expects '-h'.

All puns intended.

[Egmont Koblinger (egmont-gmail)]

Newest gnome-terminal declares the --execute/--command options obsolete, and states that a lone "--" followed by the arguments is the desired way to go. That one doesn't suffer for me in newest gnome-terminal (git snapshot). Could you please try this with your version, that is:

gnome-terminal -- echoParams.sh -h

[Gary Filipski (gfilipski)]

Egmont,

The man page for the version that I have does not mention '--' nor the fact
that the --execute
option is obsolete --- BUT! ... the '--' option *does* work and functions
as desired with
the command-line you gave below... the '-h' is echoed properly.

Thank you for taking the time to look into this.

The man page probably needs to be updated as even the 'Zesty' version still
shows the
--command and --execute options (and no '--') with the same description as
16.04 LTS.

Thanks,
Gary

PS: I've added this text as a comment to bug report.

On Sun, Feb 12, 2017 at 7:12 AM, Egmont Koblinger <email address hidden> wrote:

> Newest gnome-terminal declares the --execute/--command options obsolete,
> and states that a lone "--" followed by the arguments is the desired way
> to go. That one doesn't suffer for me in newest gnome-terminal (git
> snapshot). Could you please try this with your version, that is:
>
> gnome-terminal -- echoParams.sh -h
>
> --
> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug
> report.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1663737
>
> Title:
> --execute changes following -h to --help
>
> Status in gnome-terminal package in Ubuntu:
> New
>
> Bug description:
> Description: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS
> Release: 16.04
>
> gnome-terminal:
> Installed: 3.18.3-1ubuntu1
> Candidate: 3.18.3-1ubuntu1
> Version table:
> *** 3.18.3-1ubuntu1 500
> 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64
> Packages
> 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
>
> Create a bash script called echoParams.sh somewhere in your current
> path (attached):
>
> #!/bin/bash
> for param in "$@"
> do echo "param '$param'"
> done
> echo -n "Enter to finish..."
> read junk
>
> Execute the following:
>
> $ gnome-terminal --execute echoParams.sh -h
>
> In a new terminal window the output is:
>
> param '--help'
> Enter to finish...
>
> ... meanwhile, back at the command line:
>
> $ which gnome-terminal
> /usr/bin/gnome-terminal
>
> $ gnome-terminal --version
> GNOME Terminal 3.18.3
>
>
> The '-h' is being translated and passed as '--help'
>
> ... which is no help at all if the --execute command expects '-h'.
>
> All puns intended.
>
> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-terminal/+bu
> g/1663737/+subscriptions
>

On Sun, Feb 12, 2017 at 7:12 AM, Egmont Koblinger <email address hidden> wrote:

> Newest gnome-terminal declares the --execute/--command options obsolete,
> and states that a lone "--" followed by the arguments is the desired way
> to go. That one doesn't suffer for me in newest gnome-terminal (git
> snapshot). Could you please try this with your version, that is:
>
> gnome-terminal -- echoParams.sh -h
>
> --
> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug
> report.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1663737
>
> Title:
> --execute changes following -h to --help
>
> Status in gnome-terminal package in Ubuntu:
> New
>
> Bug description:
> Description: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS
> Release: 16.04
>
> gnome-terminal:...

[Gary Filipski (gfilipski)]

The man page for the version that I have does not mention '--' nor the fact that the --execute
option is obsolete --- BUT! ... the '--' option *does* work and functions as desired with
the command-line you gave... the '-h' is echoed properly.

Thank you for taking the time to look into this.

The man page probably needs to be updated as even the 'Zesty' version still shows the
--command and --execute options (and no '--') with the same description as 16.04 LTS.

[Egmont Koblinger (egmont-gmail)]

Official gnome-terminal release does not have a manpage, it's added by Debian or Ubuntu (not sure which), indeed they should fix it.

"gnome-terminal --help-all" should be clear and up to date in gnome-terminal's git master, probably not yet in zesty but will appear in whichever release comes after that (17.10).