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@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@ the browser still applies the compiled percentage to its DOM glyphs.
The startup path is printed whether or not a file exists — that is usually when
it is most useful — and is ordinary selectable text, so a right click on it
opens the file. Shell follows the same requested/effective/pending model as
-Font. `Compiled default shell` is the command built into the binary; `Shell
+Font. `Default shell` is the one used while no `Shell` is set: `$SHELL`, the
+user's login shell, else `/bin/sh`; an explicit `Shell` overrides it. `Shell
effective (last spawn)` is the executable the native host really chose after
installation lookup and fallback. A changed request remains pending until a
terminal is spawned, because the core does not resolve native executables.