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Bug 665700 - Incorrect --browser manpages documentation
Incorrect --browser manpages documentation
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: nautilus
Classification: Core
Component: Documentation
3.2.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: Maintainers of Gnome user documentation
Nautilus Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2011-12-06 21:48 UTC by Sebastien Bacher
Modified: 2011-12-07 16:39 UTC
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Description Sebastien Bacher 2011-12-06 21:48:46 UTC 
Using GNO%E 3.2: "man nautilus" still list the --browser option which is not working (nautilus displays an incorrect argument error)

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/890071 also indicates that some users still have custom .desktop calling nautilus with that option, which leads to bugs on upgrades.

Would you consider adding back a nop --browser to nautilus (rather than exiting with an error) to accommodate those?
Comment 1 Cosimo Cecchi 2011-12-07 16:39:42 UTC 
I removed the option description from the man page in git master.
I agree with you it's bad to break every external script/desktop file that hardcodes --browser in the command line, so I followed your suggestion and added back a dummy and hidden --browser cmdline option that does nothing (but avoids aborting when nautilus is called with such option).