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From: Ian Lee <ian@×××××××××××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] XDG_CONFIG_DIRS and XDG_DATA_DIRS env variables with E17
Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2011 15:22:19
Message-Id: 4D6A6BB9.8030102@leehouse.eclipse.co.uk
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] XDG_CONFIG_DIRS and XDG_DATA_DIRS env variables with E17 by Mick
1 On 26/02/11 16:41, Mick wrote:
2 > Where are being these set?
3 >
4 > I currently have:
5 >
6 > $ echo $XDG_CONFIG_DIRS
7 > /etc/xdg
8 >
9 > $ echo $XDG_DATA_DIRS
10 > /usr/local/share:/usr/share
11 >
12 > I'm asking because although Enlightenment-17 picks up the kde menu from there,
13 > it does not seem to recognise the respective application icons. If I set the
14 > icons manually with absolute paths (e.g.
15 > /usr/share/icons/oxygen/48x48/apps/knode.png, instead of the generic
16 > knode.png) then I end up with duplicate menu entries for each application when
17 > I launch kde.
18 Go to settings->settings panel.
19
20 In the "Look" category find the "Icon Theme" option.
21
22 Set you icon theme to Oxygen.
23
24
25 For the duplicates:
26
27 Check ~/.local/share/applications/
28 You should find the .desktop files of the applications you changed to
29 absolute paths,
30 kde is probably picking up these and the system ones in
31 /usr/share/applications.
32 The ~/.local ones should not be needed

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Re: [gentoo-user] XDG_CONFIG_DIRS and XDG_DATA_DIRS env variables with E17 Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com>