In Ubuntu 16.04 LTS open in terminal command in right click menu always start the terminal with /home/user as working directory. Is there anyway to make it's functionality same as nautilus-open-terminal where terminal opens with current working directory where I have right clicked? I am using zsh as my default shell.
Ubuntu – “open in terminal” command in ubuntu 16.04, doesn’t open terminal in changed directory
16.04gnome-terminalnautilus
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Ubuntu 13.04: (in case you came here via google)
You can't change the terminal app used anymore.
Details:
nautilus-open-terminal uses GAppInfo to launch the terminal process, which uses a hard coded list of terminal emulators: https://git.gnome.org/browse/glib/tree/gio/gdesktopappinfo.c#n1106
Solution:
- Remove gnome-terminal:
sudo apt-get remove gnome-terminal - Symlink terminator to gnome-terminal:
sudo ln -s /usr/bin/terminator /usr/bin/gnome-terminal
Ubuntu – Nautilus context menu for current directory when there’s lots of files / “Open in Terminal”
I know, this is not a real answer to the question.
But it is an alternative to achieve what OP requests as Nautilus does not natively offer a solution:
Use Nemo.
There you can add a button in the Toolbar to open Terminal in current folder.
More on Nemo:
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Best Answer
Okay, I guess I've found a fix for this. So, launch terminal go to
Edit -> Profile Preferences -> Commandand uncheck the option sayingRun a custom command instead of my shell.