Open Terminal doesn't use default DE app

[Sergey "Shnatsel" Davidoff]

Open Terminal extension should call /usr/bin/x-terminal-emulator instead of gnome-terminal.
Especially useful since we will have a custom terminal emulator.

[xapantu (xapantu)]

 status triaged
 importance wishlist

If I recall correctly, there is already a dconf key for that, it is not
hardcoded. But we could change the default…

Le vendredi 01 juillet 2011 à 18:20 +0000, Sergey "Shnatsel" Davidoff a
écrit :
> Public bug reported:
>
> Open Terminal extension should call /usr/bin/x-terminal-emulator instead of gnome-terminal.
> Especially useful since we will have a custom terminal emulator.
>
> ** Affects: marlin
> Importance: Undecided
> Status: New
>
>
> ** Tags: bitesize
>
> ** Tags added: bitesize
>

[Sergey "Shnatsel" Davidoff (shnatsel)]

I've set both the Debian alternatives system (/usr/share/x-terminal-emulator) and the dconf keys (exec and exec-arg in [org.gnome.desktop.default-applications.terminal] schema) pointing to pantheon-terminal, and Marlin still opens gnome-terminal.

[xapantu (xapantu)]

You must change the plugin key, something like
apps.marlin.plugins.openterminal.default-terminal.

Le samedi 09 juillet 2011 à 17:27 +0000, Sergey "Shnatsel" Davidoff a
écrit :
> I've set both the Debian alternatives system (/usr/share/x-terminal-
> emulator) and the dconf keys (exec and exec-arg in [org.gnome.desktop
> .default-applications.terminal] schema) pointing to pantheon-terminal,
> and Marlin still opens gnome-terminal.
>

[Sergey "Shnatsel" Davidoff (shnatsel)]

xapantu: it it better with the new description?
IMHO it should use data from [org.gnome.desktop.default-applications.terminal] because GSettings is a GNOME API anyway and we're bound to GNOME in these parts anyway. If it doesn't exist (Marlin used in XFCE or something), fall back to /usr/share/x-terminal-emulator. This should be the most portable solution honoring DE application defaults at the same time.

[Sergey "Shnatsel" Davidoff (shnatsel)]

I also think that using --current-directory parameter is not portable. However, both gnome-terminal and pantheon-terminal use the working directory from which they were launched as their default working directory, and I think other terminal emulators do the same.

[xapantu (xapantu)]

GSettings is not a gnome api, it is a part of gio (which is a part of
glib). Regarding x-terminal-emulator, ok, it could be the default one.

For org.gnome.desktop.default-applications.terminal, I don't have this
key, and it is better to use freedesktop standard, so, we'll use
x-terminal-emulator.

Le samedi 09 juillet 2011 à 17:58 +0000, Sergey "Shnatsel" Davidoff a
écrit :
> xapantu: it it better with the new description?
> IMHO it should use data from [org.gnome.desktop.default-applications.terminal] because GSettings is a GNOME API anyway and we're bound to GNOME in these parts anyway. If it doesn't exist (Marlin used in XFCE or something), fall back to /usr/share/x-terminal-emulator. This should be the most portable solution honoring DE application defaults at the same time.
>
> ** Summary changed:
>
> - Open Terminal hardcodes terminal command
> + Open Terminal doesn't use default DE app
>

[Sergey "Shnatsel" Davidoff (shnatsel)]

You don't have this key because Natty doesn't have it, it's present only in GNOME3 which is not integrated in Natty. It's already present on Oneiric.

Also, I doubt that /usr/bin/x-terminal-emulator is a freedesktop standard because on Debian/Ubuntu it depends on Debian-specific alternatives system.

[xapantu (xapantu)]

I meant a Xorg.

Le dimanche 10 juillet 2011 à 10:43 +0000, Sergey "Shnatsel" Davidoff a
écrit :
> You don't have this key because Natty doesn't have it, it's present only
> in GNOME3 which is not integrated in Natty. It's already present on
> Oneiric.
>
> Also, I doubt that /usr/bin/x-terminal-emulator is a freedesktop
> standard because on Debian/Ubuntu it depends on Debian-specific
> alternatives system.
>

[Allen Lowe (lallenlowe)]

so what have we decided on then?

[xapantu (xapantu)]

We should just use x-terminal-emulator by default, and modify the
g_spawn call to start it in the good directory.

Le lundi 11 juillet 2011 à 18:10 +0000, Allen Lowe a écrit :
> so what have we decided on then?
>

[xapantu (xapantu)]

Now useless since he won't be maintained, it will be replaced by contracts from terminals apps.