Abdul Latip <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > In a shell, it is easy to change the environment by using > "export". E.g. switching the "PRINTER" env.
(Correct terminology would be "setting an environment variable"; in Bourne-style shells, this happens to be done via the 'export' command.) > Is there a way to do that in X11? E.g. is there a way to > print in "galeon", other than using the "lpr -P otherlp" > option? You should be able to set environment variables in your .xsession script, if you use that. I don't know if gnome-session or the KDE equivalent offer a good way to set environment variables across the entire session. One thing I find handy is to create a separate script that contains just environment variable settings, and then source that script from both my .xsession and my shell dotfiles (.zlogin for zsh). Then my xsession file looks something like this: #!/bin/sh set +m . $HOME/.variables xrdb -cpp m4 $HOME/.Xresources.m4 openbox & SESSION_PID=$! epist & xwrits typetime=6:30 breaktime=1:00 mouse top & wmfire -f2 & wait $SESSION_PID So I read in the environment variables early on, start my window manager (openbox) and let that start up while I also start other useful programs. At the end we tell the shell running the xsession process to wait for the window manager to exit. More conventionally, we might skip the SESSION_PID nonsense and end the script with 'exec openbox', with essentially the same effect. -- David Maze [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://people.debian.org/~dmaze/ "Theoretical politics is interesting. Politicking should be illegal." -- Abra Mitchell -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
