On 06/26/2012 11:40 PM, Massimo Maiurana wrote: > I've just installed terminology to give it a look (by the way, very very nice > terminal :) ), so I tried to launch it from evry and I realized there was no > applications by that name... odd, because indeed in e's prefix (/opt/e17) > there are both the executable and the desktop file. > the reason was this: > max@rubino:~$ echo $XDG_DATA_DIRS > /usr/share/enlightenment:/usr/local/share/:/usr/share/ > > I wonder why it was set to /usr/share/enlightenment, given that I don't have > any dir by that name at all. shouldn't e (or efreet) set that variable to > include e's prefix in it? > > JFYI, trying to set it via ~/.profile leads to an useless environment because > that way gsettings crashes at start, so there is no way to use any gtk app. > instead, setting it through the configuration panel works fine: > max@rubino:~$ echo $XDG_DATA_DIRS > /usr/local/share/:/usr/share/:/opt/e17/share/ >
It is Ubuntu which adds /usr/share/<desktop environment> to XDG_DATA_DIRS. /opt/e17/share on the other hand is added as default if XDG_DATA_DIRS is unset. The question is whether E should add something to an environment variable the system has set? Not all users want that. S. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
