[Xfce-bugs] [Bug 14910] Thunar can't open files with terminal-editors

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https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14910

--- Comment #5 from alexxcons <alexxcons at xfce.org> ---
Take care for the custom action!
-x and -e seem to do slightly different things .. not sure if this is a bug in
xfce4-terminal or some kind of feature:

For me "xfce4-terminal -x nano %f" works fine, but "xfce4-terminal -e nano %f"
does not.
On the other hand "xfce4-terminal -e 'nano %f'" works fine, but xfce4-terminal
-x 'nano %f'" does not.

Please take a try in the terminal first, use some concrete filename instead of
%f and confirm that it works there .. any error ?
Than put it into the custom action, and replace the filename by %f

As well make sure to select "Text Files" in the UCA Appearance conditions!

> Couldn't thunar create those desktop-files by itself?
Each application creates only its own desktop files ... just imagine thunar
would have to handle thousands of .desktop files. On top thunar is not the only
user of .desktop files.

I just installed vim on my system (debian stretch) and took a try. I directly
see vim in the "open with" List.  It opens vim in a xterm for me, no problems
at all ( I would prefer xfce4-terminal ... seems like the default on debian is
xterm. The  .desktop file only stats "Terminal=true" )

So it seems to be not a thunar problem. I guess either it is a problem of your
distro, or of your configuration.
Did you set xfce4-terminal as terminal Emulator in the "Preferred Applications"
?

Possibly your default system terminal-emulator is missing? Maybe
"gnome-terminal" or "mate-terminal" ?

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