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Hi,

I would like to set Terminator as the default terminal in Cinnamon instead of Gnome terminal. How can I do this? I want to cinnamon opens Terminator instead of gnome terminal when clicking on menu Open in Terminal.

edit: I tried with "sudo update-alternatives --config x-terminal-emulator" and selected Terminator as default terminal but nothing (I have also restarted cinnamon).

thanks

Hi ledzgio,

This worked for me -

Open terminal and enter:
From here:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/168 ... terminator

caribriz wrote:Hi ledzgio,

This worked for me -

Open terminal and enter:

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gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.default-applications.terminal exec /usr/bin/terminator
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.default-applications.terminal exec-arg "-x"

From here:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/168 ... terminator

Thanks for the reply. I solved the problem, I did what you suggested but I also had to enter:

gsettings set org.cinnamon.desktop.default-applications.terminal exec /usr/bin/terminator

ledz

Oh, ok ...

I didn't have to enter the "cinnamon" line:
gsettings set org.cinnamon.desktop.default-applications.terminal exec /usr/bin/terminator

I was using LM15 Cinnamon, cinnamon version 1.8.
The "gnome" lines posted above on their own worked ok (for me)

2019 - in Mint 19.1 :
open System Settings >> Preferred Applications >> and select Terminal
easy as a pie

I am also trying to change default, but to Hyper. https://hyper.is/
It does not show up as a terminal option?

nezmah wrote: ⤴Wed Apr 24, 2019 5:42 am 2019 - in Mint 19.1 :
open System Settings >> Preferred Applications >> and select Terminal
easy as a pie

i do it. thanks