[vox-tech] bash environment variables (and KDE)

[Ken Bloom]

On 2004.04.30 15:11, Jonathan Stickel wrote:
> Ken Bloom wrote:
>> On Fri, Apr 30, 2004 at 10:33:28AM -0700, Jonathan Stickel wrote:
>> 
>>> There are still a couple things in linux that seem to be unnecessarily  
>>> convoluted and really bug me.  One is sound, which I've finally managed  
>>> to work around using alsa and dmix.
>>> 
>>> The other is handling user-specified shell environment variables.  I  
>>> use bash, and by trial and error I've found I can put what I want in . 
>>> bashrc.  IIRC, I remember reading that this really isn't the place for  
>>> custom variables, but this is what has worked for me.  Recently, I've  
>>> defined $TEXINPUTS, a path variable for tex/latex.  When I run latex  
>>> from shell, it uses the path I've defined by $TEXINPUTS correctly.  
>>> However, if I start Emacs from KDE's kmenu, $TEXINPUTS is NOT read, and  
>>> thus running latex from within Emacs doesn't work like I expect.  It  
>>> turns out that KDE, when started through xdm/kdm, does not read .bashrc  
>>> at all  
>>> (http://lists.debian.org/debian-kde/2002/debian-kde-200209/msg00083.html).  
>>> However, .bashrc does get read when starting a shell from within KDE.
>>> 
>>> So my question is:  what really is the correct place to put user- 
>>> specific bash variables?  And, how do I make KDE read them when logging  
>>> in from kdm?
>> 
>> 
>> Well, I use a .xsession script to log in from kdm (my default session
>> is "Custom" which runs my .xsession). My .xsession uses bash as its
>> interpreter, which sources .profile, and .profile in turn sources
>> .bashrc, so everything defined in these files becomes available before
>> my .xsession starts my window manager.
>>
> 
> Could you post your Custom session and .xession files, or at least the  
> relevant parts?

I don't know where this Custom session file lives

[bloom@kabloom /usr/share/apps/kdm/sessions]$ cat ~/.xsession
#!/bin/bash --login

setnumlock
xscreensaver &
acidlaunch &

xkbcomp .hebrew.xkbmap $DISPLAY > /dev/null 2>&1

#makes gnome apps work with keypad enter
xmodmap -e 'keycode 108 = Return'

exec fluxbox

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