In the xfce4-terminal package there is a desktop file which starts the terminal in preferences mode. However, the name of the application inside this desktop file is "Xfce Terminal". This means if you are using GNOME and this package is installed, if you search Activities for Terminal, you will get two icons both called "Xfce Terminal" but only one of them will actually launch the terminal - the other launches the settings. This is confusing. (If you are using Xfce and have an Applications menu, one of them appears under "System Tools" and one appears under "Other", so it still isn't clear that the "Xfce Terminal" in the Other menu will launch the settings and not an actual terminal.)
That's a good point. In Xfce, the preferences entry appears under Settings menu. I will add a patch to fix that, perhaps when I update it next time.
Perhaps ask upstream to add a NotShowIN=Gnome here?
(In reply to Kevin Fenzi from comment #2) > Perhaps ask upstream to add a NotShowIN=Gnome here? I was going to change the Name field to "Xfce Terminal Preferences". But, your idea is a better idea for sure.
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Upstream say this is fixed now, but Fedora 30 hasn't picked up the fixed version.
I figured we could just release it with the next version since this was not a huge breakage ...