I'm not sure if this will work for you or not, but have if you can launch
it from a terminal fine you can maybe write the lazy spawn like this:
`Key([mod], "y", lazy.spawn("zsh -c 'ytfzf -D'"), desc="run ytfzf in rofi")`
On Thu, Mar 11, 2021 at 7:41 PM Jonathan Raines <[email protected]>
wrote:
> 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
>>
> --
> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups
> "qtile-dev" group.
> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an
> email to [email protected].
> To view this discussion on the web visit
> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qtile-dev/5b7c5ca6-22ca-4929-8040-6565a697b176n%40googlegroups.com
> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qtile-dev/5b7c5ca6-22ca-4929-8040-6565a697b176n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>
> .
>
--
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups
"qtile-dev" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email
to [email protected].
To view this discussion on the web visit
https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qtile-dev/CAJYZU%3D_C1w%2BToz7%3DkLpYYziYk_fp%2BCWxS54eAHLCPk2AgPh3uA%40mail.gmail.com.
