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[Andrew Conkling]

On 5/2/06, Mark Shuttleworth <mark at hbd.com> wrote:
>  Matt Zimmerman wrote:
>
>
>  For example editing a system file I usually use sudo vi but I tell my
> users to use gedit in "run as different user", they seem to understand
> that better.
>
>  This seems like a potentially valid use case, though my general feeling is
> that tools which open a GUI to prompt for a command line to run are not
> significantly better than opening a terminal and running the command.
>
> $ sudo gedit
> $ gksudo gedit
>
>
>  I just ran into this with a user today, and I was wondering if we should
> re-enable this one. I'm happy to do so if it goes into the right place in
> the menu system, under Accessories (System Tools would be another option but
> we've gotten rid of it by default and I'd rather not resurrect it just for
> this).

+1 on this.  The biggest difference for me is that running in a
terminal leaves the terminal window which:
* clutters the workspace (a bit)
* is confusing when someone sees their new window and thinks they can
close the terminal (which they could, but only if they knew to "&
disown" the command).

Ideally, I'd say this type of thing should be a part of the Run
dialog, but in the meantime, this is a useful command/menu entry.