Hi, Simon Richter wrote:
> The problem at hand is the proposed (and implemented) solution for > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=332223 . [lxterm having higher priority than konsole on KDE systems] > > I'm unconvinced that bumping the priority on the other terminal > emulators is an adequate solution, hence I'm opening this "general" bug > for discussion on how to reflect individual users' choices properly. > > It has been suggested on #debian-devel that maybe creating a per-user > ~/bin with its own alternatives links might be an option, however there > needs to be a fallback mechanism in case the currently selected option > goes away. To make this concrete: . unlike browsers with $BROWSER and desktop-specific settings, there is no standard, cross-distro way to make a user-specific choice of terminal . apps integrated into Debian can and should be using x-terminal-emulator, without an explicit "/usr/bin/", as hinted at by policy ยง6.1 "Introduction to package maintainer scripts" . therefore users can put a script implementing whatever policy they choose in ~/bin/x-terminal-emulator, but: 1. that requires more know-how than many users have 2. applications not integrated into Debian would just use xterm anyway, which is not so great. To solve (1): an interested person could make an app that installs an easily configurable ~/bin/x-terminal-emulator script. This seems like a rfp rather than a general bug, if anything. To solve (2): one could introduce a TERMINAL environment variable analogous to MAILER and implement xdg-terminal that reads it. Please clone this bug and assign to xdg-utils if interested. Sensible? Jonathan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20101124172454.ga1...@burratino
