libertine-launch manpage needs to be updated to better explain its usage
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libertine (Ubuntu) |
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Bug Description
Starting
libertine-launch -i vivid bash
is rather unintuitive for new users.
1) it prints out some (benign?) errors, creating the impression it had failed
2) it offers no positve feedback to assert that you are now indeed inside the container
Personally, I have wrapped the command into a shell script that sets the variable debian_chroot to the id of the container. Consequently, it turns the prompt into:
(vivid)
The PS1 variable in ubuntu's regular bash configuration prefixes the value of this variable in the prompt.
Maybe libertine-launch could set that variable? Or maybe there is some better way to make it a bit more intuitive.
Comments 10-11 in this question are a recent example of how this confuses users : https:/
Hello,
I'm really not sure what your intent is when using libertine-launch. libertine-launch is really only used by ubuntu-app-launch to launch a graphical application within the Unity 8 shell and not intended for the command line.
If you need to run commands within a Libertine container, I suggest using libertine- container- manager' s "hidden" exec subcommand. If you are wanting to launch a graphical app in Unity 8 via the command line, I suggest using ubuntu-app-launch.
Probably a good way to make this less confusing is to update the man page to reflect what I just said:)