Document login vs. non-login shell behavior

6 years ago · d157fa8fed
parent fad1ce56e3
commit d157fa8fed
1 changed files with 4 additions and 1 deletions
--- a/notebook/notebookapp.py
+++ b/notebook/notebookapp.py
@ -1160,7 +1160,10 @@ class NotebookApp(JupyterApp):
        """)
    )
    terminado_settings = Dict(config=True,
-            help=_('Supply overrides for terminado. Currently only supports "shell_command".'))
+            help=_('Supply overrides for terminado. Currently only supports "shell_command". '
+                 'On Unix, if "shell_command" is not provided, a non-login shell is launched '
+                 "by default when the notebook server is connected to a terminal, a login "
+                 "shell otherwise."))

    cookie_options = Dict(config=True,
        help=_("Extra keyword arguments to pass to `set_secure_cookie`."