Can't use gnome-terminal as a default terminal

[omrihar]

I have tried setting g:vifm_term to gnome-terminal -e but I keep getting the error Got non-zero code from vifm.
I think the problem is in https://github.com/vifm/vifm.vim/blob/master/plugin/vifm.vim#L128 since gnome-terminal expects to have quotes surrounding the command (I guess). I tried adding quotes, which got me half-way. Vifm opened in gnome-terminal but I immediately got the Failed to read list of files error and nothing happened when I tried to open a file.

The code I tried (which didn't work but sort-of opened vifm in gnome-terminal) is:

execute 'silent !' g:vifm_term '"' g:vifm_exec g:vifm_exec_args ldir rdir
\ pickargsstr '"'

Am I missing something? If you can get it to work by simply setting some other gnome-terminal option (instead of -e) please let me know.

[xaizek]

You shouldn't need quotes if you use -x option, which takes the rest of command-line as a command (according to this).

The second issue you faced is that terminal detaches/forks from its parent leaving it without a way to track child's lifetime (hence the plugin reads output file right away, when it doesn't exist). Try adding --disable-factory option, like this:

let g:vifm_term = 'gnome-terminal --disable-factory -x'

If it doesn't work, I'm not sure how to proceed (by the way, looks like it worked years ago). I don't have GNOME and can't check it myself.

UPD (2016.01.16): yeah, they broke it intentionally and are not going to fix, see. Not sure how to synchronize plugin with vifm then and honestly I don't think it's worth it (I mean working around strange decisions of those people). The best advice I can give is do not use gnome-terminal. Who knows what else they will break next... That said, ideas are welcome, I just can't think of a feasible solution for this case.
UPD (2016.11.06): maybe creating a named pipe and reading from it until EOF will work as a workaround (didn't try it).

[omrihar]

Hi @xaizek, thanks for your reply!

I tried using the command you suggested. When I use the -x option, vifm opens but I immediately face the second issue. If I try to use --disable-factory in conjunction with -x, however, it fails again with the original error message (Got non zero exit code from vifm).

In the meantime I installed xterm and configured it to be more or less as I like it so it's not very pressing for me, but I think that for the rest of the community this might be relevant since when installing gnome-shell you by default only get gnome-terminal. (I'm running on Arch linux).