Opening a terminal in Konqueror via Tools -> Open Terminal (or pressing F4) does not inherit environment variables set before launching Konqueror manually

Issue

• We have a problem with environment variables inheritance when using konqueror / dolphin in a designers project environment.
• Options to open a konsole (or xterm) from the working directory in konqueror or dolphin:
  • Konqueror press "F4" or click "Tools / Open Terminal" from the menu
  • Dolphin press "Shift+F4" or click "Tools / Open Terminal" from the menu

• Case:

  • open a XTerm

  • set a variable like SOMEVAR_HOME

    export SOMEVAR_HOME=$HOME/proj1
    

  • start konqueror from cli

    /usr/bin/konqueror
    

  • Press "F4"

  • New konsole opens

  • Check

    echo $SOMEVAR_HOME
    

• It turns out that this variable is not inherited