--- /dev/null
+diff -Nuard control-center-2.4.0.orig/capplets/default-applications/gnome-default-applications-properties-structs.c control-center-2.4.0/capplets/default-applications/gnome-default-applications-properties-structs.c
+--- control-center-2.4.0.orig/capplets/default-applications/gnome-default-applications-properties-structs.c 2003-08-01 21:39:54.000000000 +0200
++++ control-center-2.4.0/capplets/default-applications/gnome-default-applications-properties-structs.c 2003-09-16 20:51:43.000000000 +0200
+@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
+
+ TerminalDescription possible_terminals[] =
+ {
+- { N_("Gnome Terminal"), "gnome-terminal", "-x", FALSE },
++ { N_("Gnome Terminal"), "gnome-terminal", "-e", FALSE },
+ { N_("Standard XTerminal"), "xterm", "-e", FALSE },
+ { N_("NXterm"), "nxterm", "-e", FALSE },
+ { N_("RXVT"), "rxvt", "-e", FALSE },