OS: Arch Linux
Terminal: Kitty
Shell: zsh
Display Manager: LightDM
After doing some googling, it seems like the right place to put the env
variables would be */etc/profile* , instead of *.zshrc or .zshenv* . After
logging into lightdm and after qtile loads up, I opened a terminal and used
the command *env *to see the environmental variables.
*YTFZF_EXTMENU=rofi -dmenu -fuzzy -width 1500*
*YTFZF_ENABLE_FZF_DEFAULT_OPTS=0*
Are both listed. However using* Key([mod], "y", lazy.spawn('ytfzf -D'),
desc="run ytfzf in rofi") *still does not work.
I have also installed dmenu, removed these variables so that it defaults to
using dmenu and the keybinding still doesn't work. I really think it has to
do with the way that I am trying to execute the command. This video at this
timestamp <https://youtu.be/Ml55xp--ahA?t=184> shows the user adding the
variables to *.zshrc* and using a hot key to execute *ytfzf -D *seamlessly.
For some reason I cannot get that command to work.
On Thursday, March 11, 2021 at 11:40:55 AM UTC-6 Kai Stian Olstad wrote:
> On 11.03.2021 16:48, Jonathan Raines wrote:
> > When I *printenv* the YTFZF_EXTMENU variable is listed. I have run
> > *source
> > .zshrc* after exporting the variables. I have logged out/logged back
> > in. I
> > have restarted qtile and the command still doesn't work.
> >
> > Did I not set the environment variable properly?
>
> Probably not, but it all depends on how you start Qtile.
>
> To configure environment correctly is not easy.
> It's somewhat dependent on you distro but how you start Qtile is the
> main one.
>
> If you using a Display Manager you need to add the environment to a file
> that is loaded before the DM start so it can pass the environment to
> Qtile.
>
>
> > I have provided screenshots of the *printenv*, the export into my
> > .zshrc
> > file, and the keybind I'm trying to set up in qtile.
>
> Please don't post picture, copy the text in the mail instead.
> Pictures is not searchable and not every mail client a image viewer like
> CLI clients.
>
>
> --
> Kai Stian Olstad
>
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