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Update docs to reflect the fact that the shell is run with both --login and --interactive to read its env vars

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Kovid Goyal 2021-07-29 12:26:57 +05:30
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@ -2410,8 +2410,8 @@ opt('shell', '.',
long_text='''
The shell program to execute. The default value of . means to use whatever shell
is set as the default shell for the current user. Note that on macOS if you
change this, you might need to add :code:`--login` to ensure that the shell
starts in interactive mode and reads its startup rc files.
change this, you might need to add :code:`--login` and :code:`--interactive`
to ensure that the shell starts in interactive mode and reads its startup rc files.
'''
)
@ -2422,12 +2422,11 @@ config file or similar tasks.
The default value of . means to use the environment variables :envvar:`VISUAL`
and :envvar:`EDITOR` in that order. If these variables aren't set, kitty will
run your shell (``$SHELL -l -c env``) to see if your shell config files set
:envvar:`VISUAL` or :envvar:`EDITOR`. If that doesn't work, kitty will cycle
through various known editors (``vim``, ``emacs``, etc) and take the first one
that exists on your system.
'''
)
run your :opt:`shell` (``$SHELL -l -i -c env``) to see if your shell config
files set :envvar:`VISUAL` or :envvar:`EDITOR`. If that doesn't work, kitty
will cycle through various known editors (``vim``, ``emacs``, etc) and take the
first one that exists on your system.
''')
opt('close_on_child_death', 'no',
option_type='to_bool', ctype='bool',