Bug 171723

Version:            (using KDE 3.5.10)
Compiler:          gcc version 4.3.2 (GCC) 
OS:                Linux
Installed from:    Unlisted Binary Package

My terminal of choice is urxvt and it is set in kcontrol as my default terminal emulator, but when I use the Execute Command applet (Alt+F2) it ignores this selection and falls back to the default (Konsole), which is hard-coded in kdesktopsettings.cc.

I think it's because the line

itemTerminalApplication = new KConfigSkeleton::ItemPath( currentGroup(), QString::fromLatin1( "TerminalApplication" ), mTerminalApplication, QString::fromLatin1( "konsole" ) );

is in the wrong place. It is preceded by line

setCurrentGroup( QString::fromLatin1( "Mouse Buttons" ) );

So it searches for "TerminalApplication" entry in "Mouse Buttons" group, which doesn't make much sense.

Workaround:
You must insert line:

TerminalApplication=your_term_of_choice

in ~/.kde/share/config/kdesktoprc file inside the [Mouse Buttons] group

Expected Behaviour:
kdesktop should respect TerminalApplication entry in ~/.kde/share/config/kdeglobals made by kcontrol.