https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=420085
Bug ID: 420085
Summary: User autostart scripts sourced after system-level
scripts
Product: plasmashell
Version: 5.18.4
Platform: Other
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: normal
Priority: NOR
Component: general
Assignee: k...@davidedmundson.co.uk
Reporter: frther...@gmail.com
CC: plasma-b...@kde.org
Target Milestone: 1.0
SUMMARY
I am trying to use a shell script placed in ~/.config/plasma-workspace/env/ to
set my `$EDITOR` variable, as described in the KDE docs here:
https://userbase.kde.org/Session_Environment_Variables
The script is correctly executed during login, and $EDITOR is correctly set at
one point. However, later on it is overwritten by the value specified in
/etc/xdg/plasma-workspace/env/envars.sh. This file is provided by the Manjaro
distribution to provide default values of common environment variables (such as
PATH and EDITOR).
User preferences should prevail over system defaults. I would expect that the
$EDITOR value I set in my user-specific session autostart scripts should be the
final, active value set after session startup is complete.
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Create the user vars file:
echo "export EDITOR=/usr/bin/nvim" >
$HOME/.config/plasma-workspace/env/uservars.sh
echo "export EDITOR2=bar" >> $HOME/.config/plasma-workspace/env/uservars.sh
chmod +x $HOME/.config/plasma-workspace/env/uservars.sh
2. Edit (or create) the system level envars file:
Edit the file /etc/xdg/plasma-workspace/env/envars.sh. Change the line "export
EDITOR=/usr/bin/nano" to "export EDITOR=FOO".
3. Log out and log back in.
OBSERVED RESULT
The EDITOR2 variable is set, indicating that the user script was executed.
However, the EDITOR variable was overwritten by the system-level script:
$> echo $EDITOR
FOO
$> echo $EDITOR2
bar
FINAL NOTE
I am not sure which script/process executes these files. It seems the order is
wrong. The KDE docs (linked above) say that the "startkde" script runs them,
yet it appears that this script was replaced by a binary named
"startplasma-x11". I searched KDE's phabricator but was not able to find the
source for this file. If someone can point me to the source file, I can grep
through it with my half-understanding of C++/Qt and attempt to find the source
of the bug.
I should also note that according to pacman,
/etc/xdg/plasma-workspace/env/envars.sh belongs to the package
`manjaro-kde-settings-19.0 20200408-2`.
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