Ubuntu
gnome-terminal package

default terminal does not have an effect

Bug #390372 reported by Imre Péntek
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
GNOME Terminal
Won't Fix
Wishlist
gnome-terminal (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Wishlist
Ubuntu Desktop Bugs

Bug Description

steps to reproduce: click rendszer->beállítások->alapértelmezett alkalmazások (system->settings->default applications) in the rendszer (system) tab choose Szabványos X-terminál (xterm) as your terminal software click close
then go to alkalmazások->kellékek->Terminál (Application->accessories->terminal) you will still get a gnome terminal.

(I know it's not an xterm bug, but I cannot tell which package is actually containing this bug. sorry for that)

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Joseph Smidt (jsmidt) wrote :

Thank you for this bug report. I believe that the terminal accessed by Application->accessories->terminal is hard coded to be the gnome-terminal. I believe the problem is setting xterm as default in the preferred applications doesn't change this fact. I believe therefore the solution to your problem is you need Application->accessories->terminal to be whatever your preferred terminal is and not just be hard coded to always be the gnome-terminal.

Changed in xterm (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Joseph Smidt (jsmidt) wrote :

What's going on is that the menu item Application->accessories->terminal has a desktop file that tells that menu entry what to do when it is pressed. It is told to launch a gnome-terminal.

I believe if the desktop file for that menu entry gave a command for the terminal in your preferred applications your problem would be solved. Therefore I am switching this bug to gnome-terminal since I believe they handle the desktop file for this menu entry.

affects: xterm (Ubuntu) → gnome-terminal (Ubuntu)
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Joseph Smidt (jsmidt) wrote :

I have created a feature request with upstream, asking them to make it so that when the gnome terminal icon in the gnome menu is clicked then the terminal from your preferred applications is used.

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Changed in gnome-terminal:
status: Unknown → New
Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)
Changed in gnome-terminal (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Ubuntu Desktop Bugs (desktop-bugs)
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
status: Confirmed → Triaged
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Changed in gnome-terminal:
status: New → Won't Fix
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Pedro Villavicencio (pedro) wrote :

comment from upstream:

"It would be pretty easy for packagers to add one if they wanted to. We don't
want to do it by default, though. I'd expect each terminal already has a menu
entry, and this one would be redundant and just clutter it up. Plus, it
probably wouldn't stop at ther terminal, either, so you'd end up with a host of
"Preferred <app category>" items.
"

Changed in gnome-terminal (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → Confirmed
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in gnome-terminal:
importance: Unknown → Wishlist
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