<html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> </head> <body text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> On 2018-08-29 00:27, Ian Huang wrote: <blockquote type="cite" cite="mid:CA+-XgaHfU8AuGogHDmWLzo5Pj6k6FdLMmZStnAsb6iATfYDiDw@mail.gmail.com">Mostly just because it would require a second desktop file for each application to put under the xdg-terminals/ directory.</blockquote> No, it is just for terminals themselves. <blockquote type="cite">Ultimately, I think if the solution is to use a MIME type, I think it should be a dummy one that assigns a terminal as its handler but does not have actual files with the type.</blockquote> I'd advise against dragging MIME associations into this case because it isn't an association of an application with filetype/protocol to open in, but a matter of how an executable will be executed. </body> </html>