From 0cd476ae2246386bff7faf6a8f2765f577657a26 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kovid Goyal <kovid@kovidgoyal.net>
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2024 21:23:48 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Add instructions for making desktop environments run kitty
 via xdg-terminal-exec

https://github.com/Vladimir-csp/xdg-terminal-exec
---
 docs/binary.rst | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/binary.rst b/docs/binary.rst
index dc1ba019f..97d84fc4d 100644
--- a/docs/binary.rst
+++ b/docs/binary.rst
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ particular desktop, but it should work for most major desktop environments.
     # Update the paths to the kitty and its icon in the kitty desktop file(s)
     sed -i "s|Icon=kitty|Icon=/home/$USER/.local/kitty.app/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/kitty.png|g" ~/.local/share/applications/kitty*.desktop
     sed -i "s|Exec=kitty|Exec=/home/$USER/.local/kitty.app/bin/kitty|g" ~/.local/share/applications/kitty*.desktop
+    # Make xdg-terminal-exec (and hence desktop environments that support it use kitty)
+    echo 'kitty.desktop' > ~/.config/xdg-terminals.list
 
 .. note::
     In :file:`kitty-open.desktop`, kitty is registered to handle some supported