On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 8:04 AM, Mikkel <mikkel(a)infinity-ltd.com> wrote:
Jonathan Ryshpan wrote:
> It looks like environment variables set in .bash_profile are visible
> to applications started in gnome but not via a shell. For example
> evolution knows when I modify LC_COLLATE.
>
It depends on the type of shell. Only a login shell reads
.bash_profile. If you are starting a (x)terminal, and launching the
program from there, the default is not to run your as a login shell.
Stuff that you need defined irrespective of the type of shell should go in
~/.bashrc
Didar