Re: How to share env. variables ?

From: Hugo Vanwoerkom (hvw59601_at_care2.com)
Date: 10/22/05

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Date:  Sat, 22 Oct 2005 05:35:19 -0500

    Andrew Nelson wrote:
    > On Fri, 21 Oct 2005 11:06:33 -0500
    > Hugo Vanwoerkom <hvw59601@care2.com> wrote:
    >
    >
    >>Bruno Costacurta wrote:
    >>
    >>>Hello,
    >>>
    >>>I setup some environment variables needed by applications in
    >>>user .bash files. Starting these applications from a console works
    >>>fine. But starting these applications from kde menus don't work as
    >>>obviously these user env.variables are not set. I suppose kde user
    >>>is different than logged user.
    >>>How to give kde / X11 same env.variables as logged user ?
    >>
    >>I asked that question a while ago.
    >>It appears e.g. that xterm uses /etc/profile and konsole does not.
    >>How to change that behavior?
    >>
    >>H
    >>
    >>
    >
    >
    > I don't use konsole but it appears this thread might help.
    >
    > http://www.kde-forum.org/artikel/5064/Configuring-and-Customizing-Konsole.html
    >

    Andy:

    Hot tip. I sourced /etc/profile to .bashrc. I was thinking of doing that
    earlier but the thread confirmed it.

    H 

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