Spec to define the default terminal?

[Vladimir Kudrya]

On 2015-10-21 20:30, Per Olofsson wrote:
>
> I can't find any argument in the bug report for why having a MIME type
> for terminals would be more wrong than x-scheme-handler. Only you
> stating so :-)
>
> But you're right, it is more of a stretch. At least x-scheme-handler is
> about applications opening stuff.
>
MIME types describe files which are to be opened by applications. 
Schemes describe URLs to be opened by applications.
Although terminals are applications themselves, in the context of 
opening file/URL with some chosen application they are merely a method 
of launching that application. So, neither MIME type nor scheme fits here.

On my Debian testing available xsessions are described for display 
managers by desktop entries in the '/usr/share/xsessions/' dir. Maybe 
something similar could be used for terminals: put desktop entries 
describing terminals into '/usr/share/x-terminal-emulators/' or something.