On Fri, 2011-06-24 at 14:10 +0200, Christoph Wickert wrote: > Am Freitag, den 24.06.2011, 09:51 +0100 schrieb Bastien Nocera: > > On Thu, 2011-06-23 at 23:10 +0200, Christoph Wickert wrote: > > > I wondered how to set the default terminal in GNOME 3. The internet > > > revealed > > > > > > gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.default-applications.terminal exec <terminal> > > > gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.default-applications.terminal exec-arg "'-e'" > > > > > > This raises 2 questions: > > > 1. Will it be possible to set the default terminal again in GNOME > > > 3.2? > > > > It's possible, but I really wouldn't want to see it in the UI. Feel free > > to ask gnome-tweak-tool to add it. > > Why not? I consider this not a tweak but a very basic task. I mean, why > not force people to use evolution, epiphany and totem then? Because those are reasonable choices for an end-user to make, something they can actually experience themselves. If you can grasp the differences between the terminal emulators available you can run a couple of commands in your "not preferred" terminal emulator. > > > 2. Where is 'exec-arg' arg coming from? > > > > http://git.gnome.org/browse/gsettings-desktop-schemas/tree/schemas/org.gnome.desktop.default-applications.gschema.xml.in.in#n42 > > Well, I know there is a preset for gnome-terminal but what about other > terminals? Because we're not designing a desktop for people who like to choose their own terminal emulators. > > > In the past we had the xml > > > files in /usr/share/gnome-control-center/default-apps/ which > > > contained an 'exec-flag'. How can I as a maintainer of several > > > terminal applications let people know the proper > > > exec-flag/exec-arg? > > > > Is that XML file not current anymore? I don't really understand the > > question. > > Right, there are no XML files any longer. Xfce's Terminal package still > has one (because it was built a while ago) but the value is not picked > up. gnome-terminal no longer provides an XML file. I looked for a > X-GNOME-* key in gnome-terminal.desktop, but no luck either. > > It seems like exec-flag/exec-arg only live in the schema you linked and > it is no longer possible for a developer/maintainer to deliver a working > configuration for other terminals. Is that correct? Huh? You change both keys, as mentioned above, and voila. Or you ship the XML file in whatever ends up configuring the terminal. -- desktop mailing list desktop@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop
