Man1 - i3-sensible-terminal.1

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NAME

i3-sensible-terminal - launches $TERMINAL with fallbacks

SYNOPSIS

i3-sensible-terminal [arguments]

DESCRIPTION

i3-sensible-terminal is invoked in the i3 default config to start a terminal. This wrapper script is necessary since there is no distribution-independent terminal launcher (but for example Debian has x-terminal-emulator). Distribution packagers are responsible for shipping this script in a way which is appropriate for the distribution.

It tries to start one of the following (in that order):

·

$TERMINAL (this is a non-standard variable)

·

x-terminal-emulator (only present on Debian and derivatives)

·

mate-terminal

·

gnome-terminal

·

terminator

·

xfce4-terminal

·

urxvt

·

rxvt

·

termit

·

Eterm

·

aterm

·

uxterm

·

xterm

·

roxterm

·

termite

·

lxterminal

·

terminology

·

st

·

qterminal

·

lilyterm

·

tilix

·

terminix

·

konsole

·

kitty

·

guake

·

tilda

·

alacritty

·

hyper

Please don’t complain about the order: If the user has any preference, they will have $TERMINAL set or modified their i3 configuration file.

SEE ALSO

i3(1)

AUTHOR

Michael Stapelberg and contributors

Author: dt

Created: 2022-02-22 Tue 15:56