I’ve tried every tutorial I could find. From symlinking the desired terminal to gnome-terminal, or using the update-alternatives command to using the gsettings command to set the default terminal. Nothing works.

What is the definitive way to set the default terminal for this GUI action? And why is this so hard to do?!

I’m on Fedora if it’s relevant.

  • rand_alpha19@moist.catsweat.com
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    10 months ago

    Probably not what you want, but you could change your file manager from Nautilus to one that supports this feature. I like Thunar since it comes with a bulk file renamer that works pretty well (I hoard TV shows and movies).

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    10 months ago

    Since you have Nautilus, i’m assuming you have the rest of GNOME too.

    GNOME Settings should have a default apps tab, so you should be able to change it from there.

    Otherwise, org.gnome.desktop.default-applications.terminal exec 'desired-terminal', and obviously don’t forget to swap that for whichever one you want to use

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    10 months ago

    I don’t have a Fedora workstation in front of me right now, but it memory serves me right there’s a “default applications” or similar menu in Gnome’s settings.

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    10 months ago

    I ran into the same problem some time ago. My solution is not ideal, but it works fine. In gnome-terminal --preferences go to profile -> command, and as custom command I put open-wezterm-here. This could be the terminal you’re using. Set ‘when commands exits’ to Exit terminal. It does show gnome-terminal for a split second. But that doesn’t really bother me anymore.