On Sun, Dec 02, 2001 at 07:56:19PM -0800, Craig Dickson wrote: | dman wrote: | | > I could try /etc/environment for myself, but I don't think it will | > work. Also I wanted to do this for just my user and let others stick | > with the default $LANG. | | Then the right thing to do is probably put code at the end of | /etc/environment (which is sourced by the Gnome session script, so it | can contain any Bourne-style shell code you want) like this: | | if [ -f $HOME/.environment ]; then | . $HOME/.environment | fi | | This way, any user who wants to customize his login environment can | simply create a file in his home directory called .environment, and put | any shell code that he wants (probably mostly environment variable | settings, hence the filename) in there. Users who don't care can simply | not have the file.
You know, that's a good idea! Maybe this should be the default? If it works out I'll talk to the maintainer. -D -- Failure is not an option. It is bundled with the software.
