SENSIBLE-TERMINAL(1) General Commands Manual SENSIBLE-TERMINAL(1)
NAME
sensible-terminal - sensible terminal emulator
SYNOPSIS
sensible-terminal [-Ttitle][--wait][-ecmd...]
DESCRIPTION
sensible-terminal-emulator makes sensible decisions on which terminal
emulator to call. Programs in Debian can use this script as their de-
fault terminal emulator or emulate their behavior. TERMINAL_EMULATOR
environment variable could be set, and will be used if set. Any string
acceptable as a command_string operand to the sh -c command shall be
valid.
STANDARD
Documentation of behavior of sensible-utils under a debian system is
available under sections 11.4-11.8 of debian-policy usually installed
under /usr/share/doc/debian-policy (you might need to install debian-
policy)
Debian 28 Aug 2022 SENSIBLE-TERMINAL(1)
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