Micro Text Editor: Right Click a File in Thunar to Open in Micro
May 30, 2025 ◦ 1 min ◦
Using the Micro text editor has been a joy, but it does require sorting a few things to make it comfortable to use. A problem I came across was in the file manager Thunar when I right-clicked on a file to open it in the Micro editor, I would get an error message "Unable to find terminal required for application".
This is a simple problem to correct. In a terminal open the following file:
Change the line that reads
Exec = micro %F
to
Exec = foot micro %F
If you use a different terminal, e.g. kitty/alacritty, then replace foot with your terminal.
Next, go to the line that reads
Terminal = true
and change it to
Terminal = false
The final file should look as follows: