From ad538922f3e254e2c4e5acaea529d623c90d4f68 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Don Williams <don.e.williams@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2026 13:34:14 -0500
Subject: Fixed rofi cli apps starting from xterm

Now the default terminal is Kitty

 On branch development
 Your branch is up to date with 'origin/development'.

 Changes to be committed:
	modified:   CHANGELOG.md
  new file:   config/rofi/00-terminal.rasi
	modified:   config/rofi/config.rasi
---
 CHANGELOG.md                 | 3 +++
 config/rofi/00-terminal.rasi | 8 ++++++++
 config/rofi/config.rasi      | 3 +++
 3 files changed, 14 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 config/rofi/00-terminal.rasi

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index bd92969b..edef87c2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@
   - `ALT + S` Saves to clipboard and `~/Pictures/Screenshots/`
   - Not all keyboards have `PrtScr` button
   - `hyprshot.sh` is fast, simple, no system bell sound
+- Fixed start CLI apps from rofi like `htop`, `btop` being started with `xterm`
+  - This made the apps run in light mode with tiny fonts
+  - Now they are started with `kitty`
 
 ## v2.3.20
 
diff --git a/config/rofi/00-terminal.rasi b/config/rofi/00-terminal.rasi
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ab98f4eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/rofi/00-terminal.rasi
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+/* Global Rofi runtime configuration overrides
+ * Ensures terminal-based apps launched from drun/run use kitty instead of xterm.
+ */
+configuration {
+  terminal: "kitty";
+  // keep run-shell explicit to avoid theme overrides changing behavior
+  run-shell-command: "{terminal} -e {cmd}";
+}
diff --git a/config/rofi/config.rasi b/config/rofi/config.rasi
index 781e44cb..d05ae9c7 100644
--- a/config/rofi/config.rasi
+++ b/config/rofi/config.rasi
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@
 /* ---- Global Configuration Fonts ---- */
 @import "~/.config/rofi/0-shared-fonts.rasi"
 
+/* Force kitty as terminal for Terminal=true apps and run-shell */
+@import "~/.config/rofi/00-terminal.rasi"
+
 /* note: Main themes in ~/.config/rofi/themes */
 /* You can manually change here or you can use rofi theme selector SUPER SHIFT E */
 
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