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Change the Default Terminal in i3wm

To change the default terminal, you can modify the /usr/bin/i3-sensible-terminal file:

- for terminal in "$TERMINAL" x-terminal-emulator mate-terminal gnome-terminal terminator xfce4-terminal urxvt rxvt termit Eterm aterm uxterm xterm roxterm termite lxterminal terminology st qterminal lilyterm tilix terminix konsole kitty guake tilda alacritty hyper wezterm; do
+ for terminal in "$TERMINAL" kitty alacritty x-terminal-emulator 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 wezterm; do

    if command -v "$terminal" > /dev/null 2>&1; then
      exec "$terminal" "$@"
    fi
done
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