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? 2. Where is 'exec-arg' arg coming from? 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?
Regards, Christoph
On Thu, 23 Jun 2011 23:10:28 +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? 2. Where is 'exec-arg' arg coming from? 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?
I am not sure the exec-arg is required. At least it's not from my experience. I set the 'Open Terminal' keybind to find the default terminal was not configured, and had to use the first command above for terminal to open.
I am also curious if anyone can advise, is it possible to get terminal apps to appear in the ALT-TAB window switch view, seperate from Gnome Terminal. For users of irssi or mutt, etc.
At the moment my irssi terminal profile is grouped under Gnome Terminal, even when opening from a .desktop file of my own making. So I guess I am possibly missing an option.
cheers, Dagan
On Fri, 2011-06-24 at 11:16 +1300, Dagan McGregor wrote:
On Thu, 23 Jun 2011 23:10:28 +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? 2. Where is 'exec-arg' arg coming from? 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?
I am not sure the exec-arg is required. At least it's not from my experience. I set the 'Open Terminal' keybind to find the default terminal was not configured, and had to use the first command above for terminal to open.
I am also curious if anyone can advise, is it possible to get terminal apps to appear in the ALT-TAB window switch view, seperate from Gnome Terminal. For users of irssi or mutt, etc.
At the moment my irssi terminal profile is grouped under Gnome Terminal, even when opening from a .desktop file of my own making. So I guess I am possibly missing an option.
My guess is that you would need a .desktop file, and use the --class parameter to gnome-terminal.
But one shouldn't really have to do this by hand, and the problem is similar to the creation of "web apps" from chrome or epiphany. Best bring this up with the gnome-shell developers on the shell mailing-list.
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.
2. Where is 'exec-arg' arg coming from?
http://git.gnome.org/browse/gsettings-desktop-schemas/tree/schemas/org.gnome...
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.
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?
2. Where is 'exec-arg' arg coming from?http://git.gnome.org/browse/gsettings-desktop-schemas/tree/schemas/org.gnome...
Well, I know there is a preset for gnome-terminal but what about other terminals?
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?
Regards, Christoph
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...
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.
On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 8:41 AM, Bastien Nocera bnocera@redhat.com wrote:
Because we're not designing a desktop for people who like to choose their own terminal emulators.
I would say more that if you're the kind of user that wants to tweak this stuff, gsettings from the command line is *better* than having UI.
$ gsettings list-recursively | grep terminal org.gnome.desktop.default-applications.terminal exec 'gnome-terminal' org.gnome.desktop.default-applications.terminal exec-arg '-x'
Pretty easy to do.
On Fri, 2011-06-24 at 10:54 -0400, Colin Walters wrote:
On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 8:41 AM, Bastien Nocera bnocera@redhat.com wrote:
Because we're not designing a desktop for people who like to choose their own terminal emulators.
I would say more that if you're the kind of user that wants to tweak this stuff, gsettings from the command line is *better* than having UI.
$ gsettings list-recursively | grep terminal org.gnome.desktop.default-applications.terminal exec 'gnome-terminal' org.gnome.desktop.default-applications.terminal exec-arg '-x'
Pretty easy to do.
Hmm, doesn't work here:
--- 8< --- nils@gibraltar:~> gsettings list-recursively | grep terminal Usage: gsettings list-recursively SCHEMA[:PATH]
List keys and values, recursively
Arguments: SCHEMA The name of the schema PATH The path, for relocatable schemas --- >8 ---
This is gesetting from glib2-2.28.8-1.fc15.
Nils
On Fri, 2011-07-01 at 14:48 +0200, Nils Philippsen wrote:
On Fri, 2011-06-24 at 10:54 -0400, Colin Walters wrote:
On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 8:41 AM, Bastien Nocera bnocera@redhat.com wrote:
Because we're not designing a desktop for people who like to choose their own terminal emulators.
I would say more that if you're the kind of user that wants to tweak this stuff, gsettings from the command line is *better* than having UI.
$ gsettings list-recursively | grep terminal org.gnome.desktop.default-applications.terminal exec 'gnome-terminal' org.gnome.desktop.default-applications.terminal exec-arg '-x'
Pretty easy to do.
Hmm, doesn't work here:
That functionality is in glib 2.29. I don't think that it's what Colin was focusing on anyway, and using dconf-editor would have worked just as well.
Am Freitag, den 24.06.2011, 13:41 +0100 schrieb Bastien Nocera:
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.
Given that you know the right commands. You first need to search the internet because there is zero documentation about this on the installed system or the gnome.org website. Then you need to look up the options from the terminal and the third step is to actually "run a couple of commands" on the terminal.
Why so hard? What is so bad about another dropdown? Just that you don't like it? To me it looks like making simple tasks very hard just to then claim "This is something only hackers do."
2. Where is 'exec-arg' arg coming from?http://git.gnome.org/browse/gsettings-desktop-schemas/tree/schemas/org.gnome...
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.
YMMD! I'm sorry, I had to blog you at http://www.christoph-wickert.de/blog/2011/06/25/gnome-developer-qoute-of-the...
There are people who are working in (their preferred) terminals all day but don't have a clue about gsetings of dconf. Still they use GNOME because they think it's a nice desktop. You think it is wise to exclude them from your target audience by definition?
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.
Again, this requires one know them...
But this was not the question. I asked what the developer or package maintainer can do and I even made a proposal [1], but your response is only about what users do.
Or you ship the XML file in whatever ends up configuring the terminal.
So what configures the terminal? What XML file should I actually ship? I cannot replace org.gnome.desktop.default-applications.gschema.xml AFAICS this is only stored once in gsettings and there is no way to ship alternative configurations for other terminals.
I hope you can understand that for me as (co-)maintainer of 6 different terminals in Fedora this is an important question and I would like to hear a better reasoning than "I don't want to see this in control center".
Regards, Christoph
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