On 2010-01-16, Daniel Dalton <d.dal...@iinet.net.au> wrote: > > On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 12:48:49AM +0000, Liam O'Toole wrote: >> > I've just installed lxde and like the concept of it. I must set an >> > environment variable so I can run orca under the desktop. What file >> > should I place an export command in to export this variable to the lxde >> > desktop, to save me from having to export it every time before I launch >> > a program eg. >> I recommend ~/.xsessionrc. > > Thanks, now with the variable exported, orca seems to run fine if > launched from an lxterm (terminal window), but doesn't work if it is > invoked from the alt+f2 run dialog. Should the alt+f2 dialog honour the > variables value? > I would have expected it to, based on my experience with GNOME and KDE.
If you can find out what command ALT+F2 is bound to, then you could write a wrapper script for it in which the environment variable is exported. It's probably worth taking the problem to an LXDE forum. Liam -- Liam O'Toole Birmingham, United Kingdom -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org