https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=409107
Bug ID: 409107
Summary: [FEATURE REQUEST] Allow to run commands with
environment variables
Product: krunner
Version: unspecified
Platform: Other
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: wishlist
Priority: NOR
Component: general
Assignee: k...@privat.broulik.de
Reporter: herzensch...@gmail.com
Target Milestone: ---
SUMMARY
Often when I need to take screenshots of applications or verify the name of a
menu option in English I use LANG=C applicationname.
Typing commands to open applications from the terminal instead of KRunner has
two distinct disadvantages: 1) Opening an application from a terminal means
opening an application to open another application, unlike Kickoff and KRunner,
which are typically already present. 2) Commands (and their corresponding
applications) are bound to the terminal, and as such the user needs to either
create a new terminal instance for each application or add an & to the end of
the command if one doesn't want to keep the terminal open afterwards. KRunner
does not have these disadvantages.
It would be fairly convenient and quicker to run commands using environment
variables in KRunner.
As for implementation, I think that although not discoverable at all, being
able to use environment variables inline (LANG=C applicationname) is very
flexible as it would allow to easily and quickly use another environment
variable value for each application, whereas being able to set environment
variables prior to running commands (similarly to KCron) is pretty discoverable
but not as flexible, as it would require going to a specific, dedicated section
first in order to change an environment variable, which would be applied to all
applications run by KRunner.
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