nautilus uses gnome-terminal instead of the preferred terminal application

[Raúl Núñez de Arenas Coronado]

Binary package hint: nautilus

When opening a file using double-click, if the .desktop file of the associated application has "Terminal=true", nautilus uses "gnome-terminal" to execute that application instead of the preferred terminal application (as set through System->Preferences->Preferred applications).

To reproduce, do the following:

1. sudo apt-get install xfce4-terminal

2. Using System->Preferences->Preferred applications, set "xfce4-terminal --geometry=100x30" as preferred terminal application, using "-x" as the execute flag

3. Put a text file on the Desktop

4. Create a new application launcher in the "Applications->Accesories" menu. Choose "Application in Terminal" (so the resulting .desktop file will have "Terminal=true"). We are going to use "Vim" as the test app, so use "/usr/bin/vim -o %F" as the command in the launcher and name it "Vim".

5. Associate the text file in the Desktop with "Vim" or just choose "Open with Other Application..." and then choose Vim.

6. Double click on the text file. It should be opened with Vim residing on xfce4-terminal, with 30 lines and 100 columns. Instead, it is opened with Vim residing on gnome-terminal, with 25 lines and 80 columns.

7. Choose "Applications->Accesories->Vim". Vim is CORRECTLY opened using xfce4-terminal with a geometry of 100x30.

So, the launcher works, it's just that the menu uses the preferred application (correctly) and Nautilus doesn't.

Last tested in Ubuntu Hardy Heron with nautilus 2.22.5.1

Raúl Núñez de Arenas Coronado

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

confirmed, however not sure if that's a nautilus issue, will take a look upstream, thanks for reporting.

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

I've sent this upstream at http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=560639 ; thanks again.

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

my thoughts were correct, it's a libeel issue, the gnome-terminal command is hardcoded there, re assigning to libeel.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

eel is deprecated, closing