10mo ago

How do I change the terminal that gets opened with "Open in Terminal" in GNOME Nautilus?

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.

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- I hope it won't take too long until this is implemented. It's baffling that such a thing is not possible in an easy and accessible way and instead is hardcoded.
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
- As I said I have tried this and it isn't working.
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.
- That doesn't apply to the "Open in Terminal" option in Nautilus right click menu.
Depending on your gnome version, you can't
There is an extension that lets you open in a different terminal. I don't have GNOME or Nautilus installed, so no idea if and how it works, just found it through a web search. Maybe it helps: https://github.com/Stunkymonkey/nautilus-open-any-terminal
Edit: Never mind. I see it's already posted in the replies.
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.

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