(*** This bug was imported into bugs.kde.org ***) Package: kcontrol Version: KDE 2.1.1 Severity: wishlist Installed from: Mandrake RPMs Compiler: Not Specified OS: Linux OS/Compiler notes: Not Specified I'd like to see a way to set arbitrary variables. For instance I set EDITOR=kwrite. I can do that by editing startkde but the proper place for this is kcontrol since different users may want different settings and may want EDITOR to be kwrite in KDE but pico on the console. (Submitted via bugs.kde.org)
On Thursday 09 August 2001 18:52 you wrote: > > I'd like to see a way to set arbitrary variables. For instance I set > EDITOR=kwrite. I can do that by editing startkde but the proper place for > this is kcontrol since different users may want different settings and > may want EDITOR to be kwrite in KDE but pico on the console. > > (Submitted via bugs.kde.org) It is a distributors part to implement it as the permanent setting of environment variables is quite different on many system and heavily shell dependant. Cheers </daniel>
On Thursday 09 August 2001 13:36 you wrote: > On Thursday 09 August 2001 18:52 you wrote: > > I'd like to see a way to set arbitrary variables. For instance I set > > EDITOR=kwrite. I can do that by editing startkde but the proper place > > for this is kcontrol since different users may want different settings > > and may want EDITOR to be kwrite in KDE but pico on the console. > > > > (Submitted via bugs.kde.org) > > It is a distributors part to implement it as the permanent setting of > environment variables is quite different on many system and heavily shell > dependant. Did you misunderstand me? I am not asking about permanent setting. I am asking that an arbitrary variable can be set as the locale and language variables now are. phma
*** Bug 64700 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 59344 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Yes, for me, the need is to have a the possibility to identify each window when I work on different hosts. A simple solution would be to assign the hostname value to a variable displayed in the title bar for example.
I wanted to set environment variables today (CVSROOT and JAVA_HOME) and learned that this is only possible in KDE by putting a script that has to end in .sh in ~/.kde/env/ . I think this is kind of cumbersome, especially for the "average user". It would be great if there was a way to do this using the GUI, or in particular, kcontrol, as the original reporter suggested. Regarding comment #2: ~/.kde/env/*.sh is _not_ in any way distribution or shell specific.
Whatever happened to KAlternatives and galternatives ? It used to be helpful for this ! It is gone by now!
Any progress on this?