On Wed, 27 Jun 2012 11:09:56 +0200 Sebastian Dransfeld <[email protected]>
said:

> 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.

i'm thinking it should as users want shit to "just work". of course we can add
an off option...

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