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I have configured my account to use zsh as default shell -with one of the helpful Oh-my-zsh themes. The theme requires some special fonts and rich colour scale. When I switch to terminal (e.g. by Ctrl+Alt+Fn) or use some limited terminal emulator (e.g. embedded in IDE) it causes problems due to limited colourscale or fixed font.

How can I set the zsh with oh-my-zsh theme default only for gnome-terminal, so that the bash will remain the default one?

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Based on the instruction from @steeldriver 's comment (sorry, I can't upvote):

  1. open the preferences (right click in the window or use the hamburger button)
  2. go to configuration profile (I created a new one for ZSH by cloning the default)
  3. select "Command" tab
  4. tick "Run a custom command instead of my shell." option
  5. write "zsh" in "Custom command" textbox

That's it. Next time you start Terminal it opens with zsh.

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    This doesn't work for everything, as opening a folder to the terminal will ignore the path parameter.
    – Lou Garczynski
    May 3, 2020 at 14:58
  • Unfortunately it always opens at default location... @LouisGarczynski, do you know how to make it handle the intial location?
    – MaciekS
    May 3, 2020 at 16:30
  • I've tried to set the command as /bin/zsh $1, which doesn't work at all. Looking up for the correct argument name has yielded no results
    – Lou Garczynski
    May 3, 2020 at 23:24
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    Looked more into it, it looks like terminator doesn't pass the path to the shell. Checking with using 'printenv' as the custom command. Looks like it's chsh or nothing.
    – Lou Garczynski
    May 4, 2020 at 0:00
  • Found a working solution, added it as an answer
    – Lou Garczynski
    May 13, 2020 at 10:12
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While the other answer works, if you want to keep some of the other features, such as opening a folder in terminal, or having the terminal remember the last paths, you can try adding this as the first line to your .bashrc:

[ -n "$GNOME_TERMINAL_SCREEN" ] && [ -x "$(command -v zsh)" ] && exec zsh "$@"
  • [ -n "$GNOME_TERMINAL_SCREEN" ] checks for the GNOME Terminal.
  • [ -x "$(command -v zsh)" ] checks if zsh exists.
  • exec zsh "$@" starts zsh with the same argument as bash.
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  • This has the added benefit that any exports you have in your .bashrc will exist in your zsh session. It doesn't work for aliases though.
    – McAngus
    Mar 16, 2022 at 10:59
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As @MaciekS's answer, in current terminal window, then right-click, select the "Preferences" tab, then in the new open window select "Profile",then select the top bar tab "Command", then you'll get an image like below.

Profile tab:

profile tab

Finally, in the textbox "Custom Command" area, input "zsh", then open a new terminal, and you will find it has worked.

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