Bug 303800 - Use the "Environment" in the Launch Configurations Arguments
Summary: Use the "Environment" in the Launch Configurations Arguments
Status: REPORTED
Alias: None
Product: kdevplatform
Classification: Developer tools
Component: run support (show other bugs)
Version: git master
Platform: unspecified Linux
: LO wishlist
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: kdevelop-bugs-null
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Reported: 2012-07-19 15:08 UTC by David
Modified: 2014-01-25 01:14 UTC (History)
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Description David 2012-07-19 15:08:33 UTC 
I tried to use the "Environment" in the Launch Configurations. I created a new environment, and added a variable DATA_DIR and set it to /home/.../mydata. Then in Arguments, I added $DATA_DIR/myfile.png to pass a file to my program. However, I get "A shell meta character was included inthe arguments" . I'm assuming that is the $? I was told on IRC that this is not the intended use of these environment variables. It would be really nice to be able to use these environment variables in the arguments list, because my argument lists usually look like /media/portable/Projects/PatchBasedInpaintingDevelop/Data/image.png /media/portable/Projects/PatchBasedInpaintingDevelop/Data/mask.png .... and it is really hard to keep track of.

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Comment 1 Niko Sams 2012-08-25 09:34:01 UTC 
Makes sense. Would you consider writing a patch that adds this functionality?

(I'm assuming you can do that as you use gdb)
Comment 2 David 2012-08-26 22:57:47 UTC 
Sorry, I won't be able to take this on :(.