rofi-sensible-terminal(1) General Commands Manual rofi-sensible-terminal(1)

rofi-sensible-terminal - launches $TERMINAL with fallbacks

rofi-sensible-terminal [arguments]

rofi-sensible-terminal is invoked in the rofi default config to start a terminal. This wrapper script is necessary since there is no distribution-independent terminal launcher (but for example Debian has x-terminal-emulator). Distribution packagers are responsible for shipping this script in a way which is appropriate for the distribution.

It tries to start one of the following (in that order):

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$TERMINAL (this is a non-standard variable)
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x-terminal-emulator
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urxvt
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rxvt
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st
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terminology
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qterminal
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Eterm
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aterm
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uxterm
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xterm
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roxterm
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xfce4-terminal.wrapper
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mate-terminal
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lxterminal
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konsole
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alacritty
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kitty
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wezterm
•
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