On 20/03/18 16:13, Subhadip Ghosh wrote:
Hi Ben,
Under XFCE, I have ~/.config/xfce4/xinitrc something like this:
#!/bin/sh
export LC_COLLATE=C
export PATH=$HOME/bin:$PATH
export QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME=gtk2
export GTK_OVERLAY_SCROLLING=0
umask 007
. /etc/xdg/xfce4/xinitrc
Thanks for telling me this. Since I also use Xfce, it makes sense for me
to go this route. Can you tell me where I can read more about this file
preferably in the context of Xfce?
This is a standard xinit script (like ~/.xinitrc, see "man xinit") but
to support switching between different desktops, scripts in /etc follow
XDG rather than having a single ~/.xinitrc :
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/XDG_Base_Directory_support
Your login manager invokes the correct script based on the selected
desktop, and your personal one in ~/.config/xfce4/xinitrc takes
precedence over /etc/xdg/xfce4/xinitrc . The last line just tells sh to
source (run) the official /etc/xdg/xfce4/xinitrc , but you get to set
your environment variables *first* so they affect everything in Xfce
including services and desktop components. I do not know if this is
documented succinctly in one place, but that is my understanding of how
it works.
Kind regards,
--
Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz>
Director
Transient Software Limited <https://transient.nz/>
New Zealand
