Setting environment variables in .desktop files?

beardedlinuxgeek · 2015-02-04 21:57:14

I want to run the program Meld with the Adwaita theme, but I don't want to use that theme anywhere else. I've copied meld.desktop to ~/.local/share/application and set

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Meld
...
Exec=sh /home/beardedlinuxgeek/bin/meld-custom.sh

and my script is

#!/bin/bash
GTK_THEME="Adwaita" meld

And this all works perfectly. But is there a way for me to do this up without creating this extra meld-custom.sh script?

sixsixfive · 2015-02-04 22:41:52

use env as launch cmd:

env GTK_THEME="Adwaita" meld

beardedlinuxgeek · 2015-02-05 08:46:02

Thanks.

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#1 2015-02-04 21:57:14

Setting environment variables in .desktop files?

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Re: Setting environment variables in .desktop files?

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Re: Setting environment variables in .desktop files?

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