Re: changing terminal emulator

[David Schneider <dnschneid gmail com>]

I'm not sure why xfce4-terminal isn't in the list for you.  You can check
kupfer/plugin/core/alternatives.py, but the xfce4-terminal entry was added
pre-v205, so it should have been found. Does "locate xfce4-terminal.desktop"
return any results for you?

Of course, the reality is that it's not, so a workaround, if you enable the
"Custom Terminal" plugin, you can enter commands manually and then select
"Custom Terminal" in the terminals dropdown.

---------- Mon, 23 May 2011 20:29:48 -0400 ----------
Francis Ferrell <codepanda gmail com> wrote:

> I'm using kupfer v206 on gentoo under openbox (thanks for making a
> launcher that doesn't depend on so much, like its alternatives).  I
> use xfce's terminal and so don't have gnome-terminal installed at all.
>  As a result, when I try to use the System Services plugin, it fails
> because gnome-terminal isn't available for launching gksu.
> 
> When I look under the General tab in Preferences, I see that the
> Terminal Emulator select box has no value and is grayed out.
> 
> How could I get xfce-terminal as an option in that drop down?
> -OR-
> How could I configure kupfer via ~/.config/kupfer/kupfer.cfg to use
> xfce-terminal?
> 
> Gratuitous stacktrace:
> > Error [kupfer.desktop_launch]: Error Launching  ['gnome-terminal', '-x', 'gksu', '/etc/init.d/lighttpd', 'start'] Failed to execute child process "gnome-terminal" (No such file or directory)
> > Traceback (most recent call last):
> >   File "/usr/share/kupfer/kupfer/ui/browser.py", line 1563, in _activate
> >     self.data_controller.activate(ui_ctx=self._make_gui_ctx())
> >   File "/usr/share/kupfer/kupfer/core/data.py", line 798, in activate
> >     res, ret = ctx.run(leaf, action, sobject, ui_ctx=ui_ctx)
> >   File "/usr/share/kupfer/kupfer/core/commandexec.py", line 303, in run
> >     ret = activate_action(execution_token, obj, action, iobj)
> >   File "/usr/share/kupfer/kupfer/core/commandexec.py", line 80, in activate_action
> >     return _activate_action_single(obj, action, iobj, kwargs)
> >   File "/usr/share/kupfer/kupfer/core/commandexec.py", line 88, in _activate_action_single
> >     ret = action.activate(obj, **kwargs)
> >   File "/usr/share/kupfer/kupfer/plugin/services.py", line 69, in activate
> >     utils.spawn_in_terminal([sudo_cmd, leaf.object, self._command])
> >   File "/usr/share/kupfer/kupfer/utils.py", line 203, in spawn_in_terminal
> >     desktop_launch.spawn_app_id(term["desktopid"], _argv , workdir, notify)
> >   File "/usr/share/kupfer/kupfer/desktop_launch.py", line 353, in spawn_app_id
> >     return spawn_app(app_info, argv, [], workdir, startup_notify, screen=screen)
> >   File "/usr/share/kupfer/kupfer/desktop_launch.py", line 404, in spawn_app
> >     raise SpawnError(unicode(exc))
> > kupfer.desktop_launch.SpawnError: Failed to execute child process "gnome-terminal" (No such file or directory)
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