i3-sensible-terminal (1)

i3-sensible-terminal [arguments]

i3-sensible-terminal is invoked in the i3 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):

$TERMINAL (this is a non-standard variable)

x-terminal-emulator

urxvt

rxvt

terminator

Eterm

aterm

xterm

gnome-terminal

roxterm

xfce4-terminal

Please don\(cqt complain about the order: If the user has any preference, she will have $TERMINAL set or modified her i3 configuration file.

i3(1)

Michael Stapelberg and contributors