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

Solution Verified - Updated -

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

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6
  • KDE Desktop Environment 4.3

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