Add helper script to update X11 session environment variables
Bug #908944 reported by
Ryan Thompson
This bug affects 1 person
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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byobu |
Fix Released
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Wishlist
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Bug Description
Generally my byobu sessions have longer lifetimes than my X11 logins. It would be nice to have a way to update all the relevant environment variables so that after I start a new X session, I can still start graphical programs from the command line. This could be added as a startup script so that it gets run when I log in.
Proof of concept for sending new environment variable values to a running screen/tmux session can be found here: https:/
Run the scripts with --verbose to see exactly what commands they are running to update environment variables.
Changed in byobu: | |
importance: | Undecided → Wishlist |
status: | New → Incomplete |
Changed in byobu: | |
status: | Triaged → In Progress |
Changed in byobu: | |
status: | Fix Committed → Fix Released |
Changed in byobu: | |
status: | Fix Released → Triaged |
status: | Triaged → Fix Committed |
Changed in byobu: | |
status: | Fix Committed → Fix Released |
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Hi Ryan,
Thanks for the report. I'd like to bind this to ctrl-F5 command, which calls byobu-reconnect -sockets, and already handles gpg, ssh, and dbus sessions. It would be nice if it did X too.
I've struggled with this in the past and have never gotten it working entirely. Can you propose a patch or branch for merging?