Hello! I installed EndeavouгOS i3 on my laptop, and I have a question - how to change the default terminal in the system? that is, if you run weechat or neovim from under the d-menu - then it will start in xterm with a broken Russian-language encoding.
Maybe have a look at your config file. Note: the other terminal application must be installed.
~/.config/i3/config
https://discovery.endeavouros.com/window-tiling-managers/i3-wm/2021/03/
The i3 config file only affects the key binding for a terminal, not the default terminal for the system. But you did point them in the right direction with the link.
default Terminal-Emulator = xfce4-terminal
- This is set also inside ~/.profile (export TERMINAL=xfce4-terminal) so remind to change it there too if you want to change4 default terminal.
Instructions
- Open and edit
/home/username/.profileand/or/home/username/.bashrc/and/or/home/username/.zshrc - Add the following line and save
export TERMINAL=alacritty # Replace with your preferred terminal
- Log out and log back in
You may also use a settings manager, like XFCE, Cinnamon, Gnome, or KDE.
Not sure why the OP’s default is set to xterm, though. Maybe they did a custom installation and made a mistake?
Thank you!
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