How should i modify the .desktop file to make it compatible with st (suckless terminal)

[Kenneth-Mata]

Hi, i get Helix from the COPR repo and i'm trying to get it to work with xdg, however following the instructions in the readme (which, tbf are from kitty) doesn't seem to work, i've tried st hx %F, st -e hx %F, st -e hx and st hx in the Exec to no avail, (i also used the Terminal=false option)

[David-Else]

I wrote the original info in the README:

• Are you using Gnome?

I have tested in Gnome and it works fine for kitty. I was told it should work in other desktops, but have not personally tested it.

All the sed command does is replace hx with kitty hx and set using the default terminal to false (you need to do that). Replacing kitty hx with [name of your terminal executable in the path] hx should do it.

• Have you tried editing Helix.desktop manually?

The problem might be after you have run sed and changed the file then it is not going to be the same and the find replace might not work.

My current Helix.desktop is:

Exec=kitty hx %F
Terminal=false

I assume you want:

Exec=st hx %F
Terminal=false

• Are you sure st is in the $PATH, you can call it from another terminal?

[Kenneth-Mata]

Thank you, that solves it, I use a keybinding on my wm to call st with helix st -e hx so that's why i tried with that.