Terminal applications on Manjaro Sway

ARM Sway
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Hi there,

I have just decided to use Manjaro Sway on my Pinebook pro. It feels stable and very usable most of the time; however, I have a problem with terminal based applications such as Neovim, R, etc.

When I call these applications from Wofi, the applications do not launch (in termite terminal). I have tried Gnome terminal instead and these applications launch from Wofi with Gnome terminal.

Is thhere any way to launch these applications with Termite? If not, how can I replace Termite with Gnome Terminal (or another wayland compatible terminal) and make it as polished as Termite?

Looking forward to hearing from you soon.

Best

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you could try to set a desktop entry in ~/.local/share/applications/ like this

[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Name=Neovim        
Comment= Open neovim in termite
Exec=termite -e neovim
Icon=utilities-terminal (or whatever icon you prefer) 
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Application;

and name the file Neovim (for instance)

update the datebase so they work

update-desktop-database ~/.local/share/applications
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Thank you for the response. I tried it by copying the original desktop file to the local applications folder and after a bit of editing, it looks like below

Desktop Entry]
Name=Neovim
GenericName=Text Editor
GenericName[de]=Texteditor
Comment=Open neovim in termite
TryExec=nvim
Exec=termite -e nvim
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Keywords=Text;editor;
Icon=nvim
Categories=Utility;TextEditor;
StartupNotify=false
MimeType=text/english;text/plain;text/x-makefile;text/x-c++hdr;text/x-c++src;text/x-chdr;text/x-csrc;text/x-java;text/x-moc;text/x-pascal;text/x-tcl;text/x-tex;application/x-shellscript;text/x-c;text/x-c++;

The above entry allows me to launch neovim from termite with another problem: The space neovim editor occupies is about 1/4 of the space termite is opening into. I launch neovim by first launching termite and then issuing “nvim” command; neovim opens with a text based greeter and is occupying the termite space in full without any problems. Is there any way I can fix this, i.e. to open neovim in display size of termite?

I tried the same with R (Exec line modified to “termite -e R”) and it seems to be working ok.

Thank you.

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I installed neovim and tried also to execute it. .

No issues here. but I used

[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Name=Nvim        
Comment=Open neovim in termite
Exec=termite -e nvim
Icon=nvim
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Application;
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I copied and pasted the desktop file snippet from your message. Neovim is still opening within a small part of termite (opens full sized window in Sway). I tried editing to see if it resizes with text; it doesn’t. It seems to be persistent in using the part of the termite (top 1/4 space). I guess we won’t be able to fix this…

Otherwise, R seems to be working fine. I didn’t try this with ipython, ranger (comes by default in Sway like neovim), and Singular. All are programs running in terminal.

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Oke no idea why that is.
For me it works

BTw those programs don’t come default with Sway when using architect so I had to install them separately. Perhaps there is something in the settings when using the Manjaro Sway build that triggers this behavior. I don’t know but I guess your using the ARM Sway Edition?

@appelgriebsch do you know if this behavior is because of a specific setting in that build?

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Ah ok. I do not know the reason; if I launch neovim from an open termite session, neovim seems to use the temite space appropriately.

I thought neovim is the choice of Manjaro Sway team for a text editor. I do not know what Ranger is used for either. I installed the rest of the terminal based programs myself.

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Hu? Why do you opened two threads for the same issue? We already discussed this here: Desktop applications running in terminal in Manjaro Sway.

Please check out my latest response there.

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There is nothing special for this… only thing I can think of is that the environment variable for the TERMINAL is not set and as such termite is not opened as default terminal.

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Please check this post: Desktop applications running in terminal in Manjaro Sway

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Ah sorry for duplicating the thread. I had created this one originally; however, noonce responded for a couple of days and the Sway forum seemed inactive to me.

I created the other one with the thought that it would be more visible.

I will try to delete this one if I can; I am new to here.

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