See if I can use dconf to allow users to set preferred terminal

Dvlv / BoxBuddyRS

A Graphical Interface for Distrobox

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Closed Dvlv closed 6 months ago

Dvlv commented 7 months ago

Only worth doing if it would work in the flatpak too

Dvlv commented 7 months ago

$ dconf write /org/gnome/boxbuddy/default-terminal "'kgx'"

$ dconf read /org/gnome/boxbuddy/default-terminal
'kgx'

Dvlv commented 6 months ago

In progress, using proper gio::Settings

TODO:

structs for each terminal, with a Nice Name, Exec Name, Separator Arg
way of mapping the dconf strings to the term structs
read from the dconf string and use it as the first attempt at which in get_terminal_and_separator_arg, if not found do the usual downward brute-force stuff
add gettext to all the menu items

Dvlv commented 6 months ago

Done in Master

Dvlv commented 6 months ago

TODO: Docs

Dvlv commented 6 months ago

Released in 2.1.0