Bug 338700

Summary:	Applications launched from .desktop file do not respect $KDEHOME
Product:	[Unmaintained] kdelibs	Reporter:	Till Schäfer <till2.schaefer>
Component:	kdecore	Assignee:	kdelibs bugs <kdelibs-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED INTENTIONAL
Severity:	normal
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	4.14.0
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Gentoo Packages
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
Sentry Crash Report:
Attachments:	the script to start firefox with different KDEHOME firefox.desktop file that calls the script

Description Till Schäfer 2014-08-31 20:21:31 UTC

When launching a program with a different $KDEHOME than the default env KDEHOME from Kickoff / over a .desktop file, the application is always launched with the default env KDEHOME and not with the specified one. 

Background: I have written a small script to start firefox with a different kde-environment in order to change the color scheme to a light one, becuase the firefox does not play well with dark themes.
If i launch the script from a terminal, firefox is launched with the light color scheme, but if i call the script from a .desktop file, it starts with my default dark theme. 

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. call the script from a .desktop file

Comment 1 Till Schäfer 2014-08-31 20:23:00 UTC

Created attachment 88511 [details]
the script to start firefox with different KDEHOME

the script does also start firefox as a single instance only, but this works as intended.

Comment 2 Till Schäfer 2014-08-31 20:24:35 UTC

Created attachment 88512 [details]
firefox.desktop file that calls the script

Comment 3 Andrew Crouthamel 2018-11-12 02:44:42 UTC

Dear Bug Submitter,

This bug has been stagnant for a long time. Could you help us out and re-test if the bug is valid in the latest version? I am setting the status to NEEDSINFO pending your response, please change the Status back to REPORTED when you respond.

Thank you for helping us make KDE software even better for everyone!

Comment 4 Till Schäfer 2018-11-14 14:32:54 UTC

AFAIK, $KDEHOME is no longer useful in kde 5 days. Thus, I am closing the bug.