New subject: [Bug 30797] wine(1) man page should mention running built-in programs like explorer.exe

30 May 2012


      http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=30797
Bug #: 30797
           Summary: wine(1) man page should mention running built-in
                    programs like explorer.exe
           Product: Wine
           Version: 1.4
          Platform: x86-64
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: minor
          Priority: P2
         Component: -unknown
        AssignedTo: wine-bugs@winehq.org
        ReportedBy: info@skierpage.com
    Classification: Unclassified
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.
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[Bug 30797] New: wine(1) man page should mention running built-in programs like explorer.exe