[gnome-terminal/wip/mallard-merge: 310/320] Help: Modified help on overview.page.



commit 40ef409249f69292f3379345678019c7d24afd8a
Author: Sindhu S <sindhus live in>
Date:   Wed Feb 27 12:21:09 2013 +0530

    Help: Modified help on overview.page.
    
    Added examples of shells.
    Reflowed paragraphs.

 help/C/overview.page |   22 +++++++++++++++++-----
 1 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/help/C/overview.page b/help/C/overview.page
index 0260beb..c043a82 100644
--- a/help/C/overview.page
+++ b/help/C/overview.page
@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@
       a video terminal in modern computers that use graphical user interfaces
       and provide interactive access to applications that run only in the
       command line environments. These applications may be running either on the
-      same machine or on a different one via telnet, ssh, or dial-up.</p>
+      same machine or on a different one via <app>telnet</app>, <app>ssh</app>,
+      or <app>dial-up</app>.</p>
     </item>
     <item>
       <title>VTE</title>
@@ -60,16 +61,24 @@
       <title>Shell</title>
       <p>A <app>shell</app> is a program that provides an interface to invoke or
       "launch" commands or another program inside a terminal. It also allows you
-      to view and browse the contents of directories.</p>
+      to view and browse the contents of directories. Popular shells are
+      <app>Bash</app>, <app>rsh</app>, <app>tsh</app>, <app>fish</app> and so
+      on.</p>
     </item>
     <item>
       <title>Escape Sequences</title>
-      <p>An escape sequence is a series of characters used to change the meaning of data in a terminal. 
Escape sequences are used when a computer has only single channel to send information back and forth. Escape 
sequences are used to distinguish if data being sent is a command to be executed or information to be stored 
and displayed.</p>
+      <p>An escape sequence is a series of characters used to change the meaning
+      of data in a terminal. Escape sequences are used when a computer has only
+      single channel to send information back and forth. Escape sequences are
+      used to distinguish if data being sent is a command to be executed or
+      information to be stored and displayed.</p>
     </item>
 
     <item>
       <title>Prompt</title>
-      <p>A prompt also called a <em>command prompt</em>. It is a sequence of characters used in the command 
line environment to indicate the readiness of the shell to accept commands.</p>
+      <p>A prompt also called a <em>command prompt</em>. It is a sequence of
+      characters used in the command line environment to indicate the readiness
+      of the shell to accept commands.</p>
 
       <p>A prompt usually ends with characters $, %, # or > and include
       information about path of present working directory. On Unix based
@@ -79,7 +88,10 @@
     </item>
     <item>
       <title>Command</title>
-      <p>An input entered in the prompt to be executed is called a <em>command</em>. It is a combination of 
the program name along with any other additional parameteres passed as flags to alter the execution of the 
program.</p>
+      <p>An input entered in the prompt to be executed is called a
+      <em>command</em>. It is a combination of the program name along with any
+      other additional parameteres passed as flags to alter the execution of the
+      program.</p>
     </item>
   </terms>
 


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