As for KDE SC version 4.8.4 krunner does not interpret environmental variables. Alt+F2, `kwrite test` opens new text files with `test` name, but either `kwrite $HOSTNAME` or `kwrite "$HOSTNAME"` opens noname text file. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Open «Run command» dialog (e.g. alt+f2) 2. typing `kwrite $HOSTNAME` Actual Results: Opens noname text file with kwrite. Expected Results: kwrite should be opened with the file name, taken from the $HOSTNAME?
It works fine for me, like this : $ kquitapp krunner $ export $HOSTANME=Gentoo-Linux $ krunner (then typing "kwrite $HOSTNAME" will open Gentoo-Linux for me) The real problem is probably that $HOSTNAME env is not set for your krunner although you assume it has been. To check, run the following command : cat /proc/`pidof krunner`/environ | tr '\000' '\012' | grep HOSTNAME
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