Customize what Terminal=True does

[kocv59]

There are some other ways to open Terminal=True programs instead of launching new terminal. Some people use terminals that have tabs or tmux and would like to open it in a tab in a terminal that is already running or in a named tmux window.

handler could check a script like ~/.config/handlr/terminal-launcher and handlr can pass args to it like the file and other information.

[Anomalocaridid]

That sounds like a neat feature!

Unfortunately, this would be blocked on #86 because I want there to be a way to comprehensively test big features like this before adding anything beyond simple quality of life changes or bug fixes.

Are there any existing examples of programs that already do something similar to this? This wouldn't block implementing this, I just think it would be helpful to examine prior art if any exist.

[kocv59]

I can't think of it in other programs.

Is #94 related to this feature?

[Anomalocaridid]

Is #94 related to this feature?

I think so, now that you mention it.

It would add, among other things, a portable way to pass arguments to a terminal emulator when running Terminal=True apps through handlr.

In theory, that should take care of at least some of the basic use cases for this feature. Probably not having to communicate with external multiplexers like tmux, though.

Edit: Although maybe you could potentially create a desktop file that runs the tmux command to open a new tab, set it as a second terminal emulator, and use the selector feature? Note that I have never used tmux so I do not really know how it works.

[kocv59]

It probably won't work for advanced cases like tmux so the script will still be necessary to customize it.