i3-sensible-terminal - Man Page

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 (only present on Debian and derivatives)
• mate-terminal
• gnome-terminal
• terminator
• xfce4-terminal
• urxvt
• rxvt
• termit
• Eterm
• aterm
• uxterm
• xterm
• roxterm
• termite
• lxterminal
• terminology
• st
• qterminal
• lilyterm
• tilix
• terminix
• konsole
• kitty
• guake
• tilda
• alacritty
• hyper

Please don’t complain about the order: If the user has any preference, they will have $TERMINAL set or modified their i3 configuration file.

i3(1)

Michael Stapelberg and contributors

i3-dmenu-desktop(1).