5 Nov
2024
5 Nov
'24
3:17 p.m.
I'm sure this is easy, but I haven't been able to find the right place to do
it :-(
How do I set the value of an environment variable so that when I run a program
from the main T menu, the program will automatically get the correct value of
the variable?
I looked at Trinity Control Centre (which is where I expected to find
something labelled "Environment Variables", or something similar) but I
don't
see anything like that there.
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5 Nov
5 Nov
3:39 p.m.
Anno domini 2024 Tue, 5 Nov 08:17:53 -0700
D. R. Evans via tde-users scripsit:
I'm sure this is easy, but I haven't been able
to find the right place to do
it :-(
How do I set the value of an environment variable so that when I run a program
from the main T menu, the program will automatically get the correct value of
the variable?
I looked at Trinity Control Centre (which is where I expected to find
something labelled "Environment Variables", or something similar) but I
don't
see anything like that there.
Doc
The usual suspects are:
.profile
.bashrc
These are read when TDE sets up the session, so when you change them and do not use bash
to start the programs you'll need to restart the current TDE session.
Nik
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6 Nov
6 Nov
2:30 p.m.
Dr. Nikolaus Klepp via tde-users wrote on 11/5/24 08:39:
Anno domini 2024 Tue, 5 Nov 08:17:53 -0700
D. R. Evans via tde-users scripsit:
Nope, neither of those works :-(
I tried exporting the environment variable in ~/.profile, logged out, logged
back in, and ran the relevant program from the menu; it behaved as if the
environment variable was not set.
Did the same with ~/.bashrc, with the same result.
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I'm sure this is easy, but I haven't been
able to find the right place to do
it :-(
How do I set the value of an environment variable so that when I run a program
from the main T menu, the program will automatically get the correct value of
the variable?
I looked at Trinity Control Centre (which is where I expected to find
something labelled "Environment Variables", or something similar) but I
don't
see anything like that there.
Doc
The usual suspects are:
.profile
.bashrc
These are read when TDE sets up the session, so when you change them and do not use bash
to start the programs you'll need to restart the current TDE session.
2:59 p.m.
D. R. Evans via tde-users composed on 2024-11-06 07:30 (UTC-0700):
...
> .profile
> .bashrc
~/.bash_profile might be another to try.
...
Nope, neither of those works :-(
Try this clue:
# grep envi tdmrc
# Additional environment variables TDM should pass on to all programs it runs.
#
Did you see Riley's response yesterday (~/.trinity/env/)?
Depending on your distro, e.g. Debian, possibly a custom script in
/etc/X11/Xsession.d/?
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11:16 p.m.
D. R. Evans via tde-users wrote:
I tried exporting the environment variable in
~/.profile, logged out,
logged back in, and ran the relevant program from the menu; it behaved as
if the environment variable was not set.
Did the same with ~/.bashrc, with the same result.
TDE as it was in KDE3 does not read the environment variables from the shell
AFAIR.
I don't know about ~/.trinity/env/ although I have a shell script there from
2015 that sets some keycodes. Unfortunately I do not remember anything
about it :/
7 Nov
7 Nov
7:58 p.m.
Anno domini 2024 Thu, 07 Nov 00:16:45 +0100
deloptes via tde-users scripsit:
D. R. Evans via tde-users wrote:
Oh, there is another way: you can set environment variables in ~/.xsessionrc - that's
what I use to do dirty startup stuff :)
Nik
I tried exporting the environment variable in
~/.profile, logged out,
logged back in, and ran the relevant program from the menu; it behaved as
if the environment variable was not set.
Did the same with ~/.bashrc, with the same result.
TDE as it was in KDE3 does not read the environment variables from the shell
AFAIR.
I don't know about ~/.trinity/env/ although I have a shell script there from
2015 that sets some keycodes. Unfortunately I do not remember anything
about it :/
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5 Nov
5 Nov
6:10 p.m.
On Tuesday 05 November 2024 7:17:53 am D. R. Evans via tde-users wrote:
I'm sure this is easy, but I haven't been able
to find the right place to
do it :-(
How do I set the value of an environment variable so that when I run a
program from the main T menu, the program will automatically get the
correct value of the variable?
I looked at Trinity Control Centre (which is where I expected to find
something labelled "Environment Variables", or something similar) but I
don't see anything like that there.
Doc
You can make scripts in ~/.trinity/env to export environment variables.
I agree there should be an easy to use UI though. I like how LXQt does it.
8 Nov
8 Nov
3:58 p.m.
Riley Bell via tde-users wrote on 11/5/24 11:10:
You can make scripts in ~/.trinity/env to export environment variables.
I agree there should be an easy to use UI though. I like how LXQt does it.
Yep, that did it. Thank you very much.
But really there ought to be a way to do this through the Trinity Control
Centre. I know that the next time I need to do this, perhaps in five years'
time, I'll have completely forgotten about your solution.
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9 Nov
9 Nov
7:37 a.m.
On Fri, 8 Nov 2024 08:58:34 -0700
"D. R. Evans via tde-users" <users(a)trinitydesktop.org> wrote:
Hello D.,
I know that the next time I need to do this, perhaps in
five years'
time, I'll have completely forgotten about your solution.
You've got a computer.
It's got a note taking application or document processor.
.....
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10 Nov
10 Nov
9:35 a.m.
Anno domini 2024 Sat, 9 Nov 07:36:34 +0000
Brad Rogers via tde-users scripsit:
On Fri, 8 Nov 2024 08:58:34 -0700
"D. R. Evans via tde-users" <users(a)trinitydesktop.org> wrote:
Hello D.,
Actually there is a native TDE application called "basket" that's quite good
at it. If you like zim and get annoyed with it's GTK crippleware problems then you
should give it a try :)
Nik
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I know that the next time I need to do this,
perhaps in five years'
time, I'll have completely forgotten about your solution.
You've got a computer.
It's got a note taking application or document processor.
.....
10:46 a.m.
On Sun, 10 Nov 2024 10:35:24 +0100
"Dr. Nikolaus Klepp via tde-users" <users(a)trinitydesktop.org> wrote:
Hello Dr.,
Actually there is a native TDE application called
"basket" that's quite
Options.
There's *always* options. ;-)
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