Re: Open Terminal in Current Directory

On Mon, Apr 13, 2026 at 5:21 AM Philip Kaludercic <[email protected]> wrote:


> This is exactly what I was trying to avoid...  Or at the very least
> reduce the number of terminal emulators to a list of portable names.  I
> thought that debian had something like "generic-terminal" or something
> along those lines.

The /usr/bin/sensible-terminal wrapper script tries environment
variables TERMINAL_EMULATOR and SENSIBLE_TERMINAL_EMULATOR, in that
order, then sensible-terminal-$XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP, then
x-terminal-emulator.

There are also desktop environment–specific customization points, and
a unification proposal under the name xdg-terminal-exec.