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SpecialYT

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Registered: 2026-01-16

Posts: 7

i3wm Alacritty terminal

So i want to use the "bindsym" command to open my alacritty terminal
In .config/i3/config i found :
 
     # start a terminal
     bindsym $mod+Return exec alacritty

as you can see i changed from "i3_sensible_terminal" to exec alacritty but it don't seem to work ... every time it opens the XFCE terminal which is nowhere configured in my i3wm . maybe the reason can be stupid but anyone can help me with that ?

Jodi42

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From: India

Registered: 2025-06-09

Posts: 56

Re: i3wm Alacritty terminal

Did you reload the configuration file after editing with Mod+shift+r. Just remove the XFCE terminal thorugh

sudo pacman -Rns

and use i3_sensible_terminal.

Last edited by Jodi42 (2026-02-04 12:36:37)