WineHQ Bugzilla – Bug 30797 – wine(1) man page should mention running built-in programs like explorer.exe

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Last modified: 2014-12-31 13:11:39 UTC

wine(1) man page should mention running built-in programs like explorer.exe

Bug 30797 - wine(1) man page should mention running built-in programs like explorer.exe


Summary:	wine(1) man page should mention running built-in programs like explorer.exe

Status:	CLOSED FIXED

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Product:	Wine
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	loader
Version:	1.4
Hardware:	x86-64 Linux

Importance:	P2 minor
Target Milestone:	---
Assigned To:	Mr. Bugs

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Reported:	2012-05-29 21:21 UTC by skierpage
Modified:	2014-12-31 13:11 UTC (History)
CC List:	2 users (show)

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Fixed by SHA1:	ee771fddaacfdcc3d33b8cb46ac1f638b353b3da
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Description skierpage 2012-05-29 21:21:23 UTC

It's not obvious how to try out or get started with Wine. The command-line only says 
  Usage: wine PROGRAM [ARGUMENTS...]   Run the specified program

But a stock wine configuration (created by wine 1.4 in Kubuntu amd64 12.04) has Wine Explorer.  You can enter the command
  wine explorer.exe

and you're running a Windows executable in wine and you can explore Wine's default directory layout, etc.

The wine(1) man page should mention this and even suggest it as a form of troubleshooting, and a way to navigate to programs installed in Wine like notepad, winmine, etc.

I suggest adding something like the following as the second line under "PROGRAM/ARGUMENTS":

Wine's default configuration includes several Windows-format executables, so for example you can just enter
  wine explorer.exe
to run the Wine Explorer program from Wine's implementation of the C:\windows\system32 directory.

Comment 1 Frédéric Delanoy 2013-09-06 13:01:31 UTC

Fixed by ee771fddaacfdcc3d33b8cb46ac1f638b353b3da

Comment 2 Alexandre Julliard 2013-09-13 13:20:04 UTC

Closing bugs fixed in 1.7.2.

Comment 3 Alexandre Julliard 2013-11-15 13:39:53 UTC

Removing 1.6.x milestone from bugs included in 1.6.1.