rofi-sensible-terminal(1)

rofi-sensible-terminal1

Launches $terminal with fallbacks

Usage

rofi-sensible-terminal [arguments]

Overview

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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Releases

6 releases since Debian 9 (Stretch); the text changed 3 times.

  1. 9–11
  2. 12
  3. 13
  4. Arch

Authors

Dave Davenport and contributors

Copied script from i3: Michael Stapelberg and contributors

From rofi 2.0.0-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.