change x-terminal-emulator

[Bob Nielsen]

On Jan 28, 2006, at 6:46 PM, Lex Hider wrote:

> On Sat, Jan 28, 2006 at 06:27:15PM -0800, Bob Nielsen wrote:
>>
>> On Jan 28, 2006, at 6:14 PM, Lex Hider wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Can anyone tell me how to change what x-terminal-emulator points to
>>> (what app it runs)?
>>>
>>
>> Assuming you have more than one candidate,
>>
>> sudo update-alternatives --config x-terminal-emulator
> Thanks, that's exactly what I was after.
> I have xfce's terminal, gnome-terminal and xterm installed. It isn't
> offering me to select xterm:
>
> There are 2 alternatives which provide `x-terminal-emulator'.
>
>   Selection    Alternative
> -----------------------------------------------
> *+    1        /usr/bin/gnome-terminal.wrapper
>       2        /usr/bin/xfce4-terminal.wrapper
>
> Why is this?

Possibly because xterm is lacking this in its description:

Provides: x-terminal-emulator

Is there a reason for this or is it a bug?