I3-SENSIBLE-TERMIN(1) i3 Manual I3-SENSIBLE-TERMIN(1)NAMEi3-sensible-terminal - launches $TERMINAL with fallbacks
SYNOPSISi3-sensible-terminal [arguments]
DESCRIPTIONi3-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)
· urxvt
· rxvt
· terminator
· Eterm
· aterm
· xterm
· gnome-terminal
· roxterm
· xfce4-terminal
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 ALSOi3(1)AUTHOR
Michael Stapelberg and contributors
i3 4.11 09/30/2015 I3-SENSIBLE-TERMIN(1)