Hello, I'm just a regular GNOME user, but I recently stumbled across an issue <https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/issues/338> on GitLab that brought up the concern that there seems to be no good way at the moment to specify the default terminal to handle applications with the Terminal=true field in their desktop files. GLib, for example, is hardcoded to use gnome-terminal at the moment because no MIME type exists for this type of function.
Anyway, it was brought up—both in the issue and on GNOME's IRC—that a MIME type for terminal emulators (@borschty proposed something like x-task/terminal) in the specification would make things a bit easier. Or maybe there's a better way to do this using another method. All I know is that having GLib and alternatives come up with their own way to set the terminal seems to be a bit inconsistent and sloppy compared to the way in which, say, URI handlers are chosen. Thanks for the consideration, Ian Huang (imyxh)
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