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omarchy/bin/omarchy-install-terminal
Ryan Hughes 4c97a31c98 Switch to xdg-terminal-exec
Solves the issue from ae10133b5e the right
way using the actual xdg-terminal-exec package and provides resillient
fallbacks no matter what the user might do.

This also removes the need to restart after changing terminals at all.

fixes #2198
fixes #2329
fixes #2673
fixes #1754
2025-11-03 01:11:09 -05:00

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#!/bin/bash
if (($# == 0)); then
echo "Usage: omarchy-install-terminal [alacritty|ghostty|kitty]"
exit 1
fi
package="$1"
# Map package name to desktop entry ID
case "$package" in
alacritty)
desktop_id="Alacritty.desktop"
;;
ghostty)
desktop_id="com.mitchellh.ghostty.desktop"
;;
kitty)
desktop_id="kitty.desktop"
;;
*)
echo "Unknown terminal: $package"
exit 1
;;
esac
# Install package
if omarchy-pkg-add $package; then
# Set as default terminal
echo "Setting $package as new default terminal..."
sed -i "/export TERMINAL=/ c\export TERMINAL=$package" ~/.config/uwsm/default
# Copy custom desktop entry for alacritty with X-TerminalArg* keys
if [ "$package" = "alacritty" ]; then
mkdir -p ~/.local/share/applications
cp "$OMARCHY_PATH/applications/Alacritty.desktop" ~/.local/share/applications/
fi
# Update xdg-terminals.list to prioritize the proper terminal
cat > ~/.config/xdg-terminals.list << EOF
# Terminal emulator preference order for xdg-terminal-exec
# The first found and valid terminal will be used
$desktop_id
EOF
else
echo "Failed to install $package"
fi