[Nix-dev] Desktop environments (KDE, XFCE) and ~/.nix-profile/share/applications

[Michel Alexandre Salim]

On 05/04/2012 04:36 PM, Yury G. Kudryashov wrote:
> Michel Alexandre Salim wrote:
> 
>> On 05/03/2012 10:49 PM, Yury G. Kudryashov wrote:
>>> Michel Alexandre Salim wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> I notice that when installing apps on a per-user basis using nix-env,
>>>> the desktop shortcuts (symlinked to ~/.nix-profile/share/applications)
>>>> do not get indexed by kbuildsycoca4 and thus do not end up in the menu
>>>> (I've not tested this with XFCE yet).
>>>>
>>>> Should this directory be indexed by default, similar to how
>>>> ~/.local/share/applications is indexed? It'd make the desktop experience
>>>> feel more integrated.
>>> $ echo $XDG_DATA_DIRS
>>
>> Ah, thanks. So the problem is that KDE is ignoring this value?
> What *is* this value on your computer? AFAIK, KDE does not ignore 
> XDG_DATA_DIRS. If it does, try to set KDEDIRS=$HOME/.nix-
> profile:/whatever/you/need.
My bad -- I must have not tried running kbuildsycoca4 until *after* I
tried symlinking .local/share/applications ->
.nix-profile/share/applications. After removing the symlink and
rebuilding the cache, everything is still there

XDG_DATA_DIRS:
/home/michel/.nix-profile/share:/nix/var/nix/profiles/default/share:/var/run/current-system/sw/share

I've been away from KDE for too long!