Set default terminal in Ubuntu 12.04

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2014-06
  • khoomeister

    I've set the default terminal using sudo update-alternatives --config x-terminal-emulator but every time I press Control + Alt + T, it still opens up gnome-terminal.

    I would like to change it to terminator if possible :-).

    If it helps, I'm on Gnome Classic.

    • Answers
  • jokerdino

    The reason why your keyboard is opening gnome-terminal instead of terminator is because the keyboard shortcut is explicitly mapped to gnome-terminal and not the default terminal.

    So, you can try remapping your keyboard shortcut to point to terminator instead of gnome-terminal.

    Search for Keyboard in the dash overview and go to Shortcuts tab. Then move to Custom Shortcuts and add a new entry with the command pointing to x-terminal-emulator and reassign the shortcut to Ctrl+Alt+T.

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  • TheCleaner

    I can't find any settings inside the terminal profile to allow me to set a geometry size and screen x,y coordinates so that the terminal window always opens (even after reboot) in the same location on the screen and same size.

    Is there a way to do it? I'm open to alternative terminal programs if need be.

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  • 8088

    On the menu bar choose System -> Preferred Applications. Select the System tab. Choose Custom and type in:

    gnome-terminal --geometry=120x80+50+50

    or whatever other geometry you like. To tell Ubuntu to remember your session state, so that everything you have running automatically restarts exactly how it was the last time you sere logged in (including window geometry), choose System -> Preferences -> Sessions. Check “Automatically save changes to session”.

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  • Sean

    I use a launcher in the top panel to open a gnome-terminal, and the above did not change settings for this.

    What did work was right clicking the launcher icon, opening 'Properties' and replacing the Command entry gnome-terminal with the geometry specific version given by DaveParillo.

    Command: gnome-terminal --geometry=100x35+10+10