In Nemo, there is a tool with an icon that is supposed to open the terminal in the active folder. This worked before I reinstalled the actual Manjaro Gnome today. The kgx or gnome-terminal opens the respective console, but not in this directory. This did not help:
gsettings set org.cinnamon.desktop.default-applications.terminal exec 'kgx'
gsettings set org.cinnamon.desktop.default-applications.terminal exec gnome-terminal
The file manager in Gnome is called “nautilus” - nemo is the file manager that comes with Cinnamon.
The function to open a Terminal does work here.
There are actually two options that do the same thing:
open in console (Shortcut is: CTRL+.)
and
open console here
My point was that you spoke of Nemo - which is the file manager that “normally” comes with Cinnamon.
Gnome comes with Nautilus.
Not Nemo.
When you use Nemo with Gnome there might be things missing or issues such as this.
When I tried the function to check whether it works here, I did not notice the icon like in your picture
(I’m not saying it isn’t there, but I can’t check right now).
I did use the context menu - right click in the window that shows the content of the current folder.
That is what I described.
This is what I see, what my default Gnome file manager with that menu looks like:
But if your picture actually shows Nemo … then we are seeing different programs.
You see Nemo - which isn’t default in Gnome.
I see Nautilus.
You don’t seem to get my point:
Nemo ≠ Nautilus
We are apparently talking about two different programs.
I do not even get to see the same dialog you posted a picture of when I go to “Settings”.
You say you use Nemo and you say you use Gnome.
Gnome default is Nautilus.
Difficulties may arise.
Have you installed nemo-terminal?
Yes. But made no difference to kgx (which comes with the actual Anh-Linh).
perhaps this helps then:
I only have a unaltered Gnome installation from a few weeks ago with the latest updates applied.
No Nemo, no kgx
Nemo works correct! The terminals do not show the path. It only shows the “%” sign …
Sorry!
That’s the default — i.e. non-configured — prompt of both zsh and tcsh.
pwd
could have told you
or simply
ls
to see what is in the directory the terminal is opened in
How could this be configured? I.e. to see the path, where it is? If I do “cd /path” It doesn’t show …
The prompt would normally be configured via ~/.zshrc — or ~/.bashrc if you use bash— but I have found that, even with Plasma, it only works if the terminal window is opened in the top level of your home directory, where those files are.
Thank you! I think you can get used to the spartan behaviour, once you know how it works.
How? You marked your reply as the solution, but no one including myself has any idea what you did.
I can reproduce the issue, so I’m genuinely curious what you did.
I’ve unmarked the solution. Please tell us what you did specifically to solve your issue so that it benefits others finding this topic in the future.
I have been using Nemo as my default file manager for many years and have always appreciated the feature that, when the ‘activate terminal here’ button is pressed in a specific folder, the terminal opens and displays the current path. With Console (kgx), this is no longer the case (Manjaro Gnome 25.1). The functionality remains the same, it’s just that the path is no longer displayed. That’s why I thought there was a bug in Nemo. I was wrong. It works as designed.
A workaround is to use the Nemo Terminal and type, for example, konsole pwd (depends, I assume, on which terminal one has installed), it’ll start a new window of konsole with the current working directory open. At least, it does for me. 8)
I would check the configured for your user - in case of % - I am guessing your ~.zshrc has gone missing or has is absent from the /etc/skel folder.
EDIT
For the sake of verification, I did some playing around.
On my Plasma desktop - installing nemo and adding the terminal icon to the toolbar work - clicking it does not - and I already knew why.
I installed dconf-editor and launched it. Navigating /org/cinnamon/desktop/applications/terminal then change the default to konsole.
Then the button work - and it does indeed open in the current folder.
As I noted above I suspect you are missing the .zshrc file - usually installed via /etc/skel - and if the file is missing then @Yochanan may want to look into the manjaro-gnome-settings package - see if went AWOL.
I solved the problem meanwhile, changing the standard-shell:
chsh -s /bin/bash