i3 FAQ - Individual question feedhttps://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Tue, 24 Mar 2015 16:07:07 +0000Can't set i3-sensible-terminal to terminologyhttps://faq.i3wm.org/question/4853/cant-set-i3-sensible-terminal-to-terminology/How can I set the i3-sensible-termianl to terminology? I tried setting that var trhough terminal/configuration files (e.g .profile) and even tried setting: set $TERMINAL terminology in .i3/config file... nothing worked. What do I have to do?Sun, 26 Oct 2014 21:39:03 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4853/cant-set-i3-sensible-terminal-to-terminology/Answer by Michael for <p>How can I set the i3-sensible-termianl to terminology? I tried setting that var trhough terminal/configuration files (e.g .profile) and even tried setting: set $TERMINAL terminology in .i3/config file... nothing worked. What do I have to do?</p> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4853/cant-set-i3-sensible-terminal-to-terminology/?answer=4854#post-id-4854Set TERMINAL before starting i3, e.g. in your `~/.xsession` if you start i3 from `~/.xsession`. You could also just replace all calls to i3-sensible-terminal with terminology directly, since i3-sensible-terminal has no other function than to find a working terminal emulator. If you’re on Debian (or derivatives), you can also use `update-alternatives --config x-terminal-emulator` to set the default terminal emulator.Sun, 26 Oct 2014 21:45:33 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4853/cant-set-i3-sensible-terminal-to-terminology/?answer=4854#post-id-4854Comment by Deus Deceit for <p>Set TERMINAL before starting i3, e.g. in your <code>~/.xsession</code> if you start i3 from <code>~/.xsession</code>.</p> <p>You could also just replace all calls to i3-sensible-terminal with terminology directly, since i3-sensible-terminal has no other function than to find a working terminal emulator.</p> <p>If you’re on Debian (or derivatives), you can also use <code>update-alternatives --config x-terminal-emulator</code> to set the default terminal emulator.</p> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4853/cant-set-i3-sensible-terminal-to-terminology/?comment=4855#comment-4855Yup, that did it, about `update-alternatives` tho... I'm using Arch Linux and it doesn't recognize that as command. ThanksSun, 26 Oct 2014 21:59:22 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4853/cant-set-i3-sensible-terminal-to-terminology/?comment=4855#comment-4855Answer by ciolansteen for <p>How can I set the i3-sensible-termianl to terminology? I tried setting that var trhough terminal/configuration files (e.g .profile) and even tried setting: set $TERMINAL terminology in .i3/config file... nothing worked. What do I have to do?</p> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4853/cant-set-i3-sensible-terminal-to-terminology/?answer=5653#post-id-5653the simplest way - make a symbolic link from terminology to any other one that you don't / won't install in the same place (/bin/). ye'r welcome! :)Tue, 24 Mar 2015 16:07:07 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4853/cant-set-i3-sensible-terminal-to-terminology/?answer=5653#post-id-5653