Xpra-Launcher not respecting env variables

[Mark Harkin]

Using trunk.

Launching with "Xpra-Launcher ..." doesn't respect env variables set in .xpra file but "Xpra launcher ..." does.

Thought I had hacked it to work with
​https://github.com/mjharkin/Xpra/commit/f35109ca3bc5c96dc9cf35fad5a0d4665b4d6654
But tray env variables like XPRA_SHOW_WINDOWS_MENU still aren't respected and again this works with "Xpra launcher ..."

Think I'm definitely missing something here.

[Antoine Martin]

Launching with "Xpra-Launcher ..." doesn't respect env variables set in .xpra file but "Xpra launcher ..." does.

Is this a typo perhaps?
What is the difference between "Xpra-Launcher ..." and "Xpra-Launcher ..." ?

[Mark Harkin]

Sorry should have made it more clear.
Xpra.exe launcher ... Works
Xpra-Launcher.exe ... Doesn't work.

[Antoine Martin]

Ah, I see.
I don't see why the launcher config files could not include all options, including environment variables.

I think this comes from the import:

from xpra.client.gtk_base.gtk_tray_menu_base import make_encodingsmenu

This utility function should be moved elsewhere so we don't initialize the tray settings before we've had a chance to load the file and apply the settings.

[Antoine Martin]

@mjharkin: sorry, not had time to test it - but does r27484 help?

[Mark Harkin]

Replying to Antoine Martin:

@mjharkin: sorry, not had time to test it - but does r27484 help?

Yes that fixed it, thanks.

[Mark Harkin]

Sorry, tested this ontop of my custom changes, I think r27484 only works with env vars in combination with ​https://github.com/mjharkin/Xpra/commit/f35109ca3bc5c96dc9cf35fad5a0d4665b4d6654 not sure if this is the correct place or way it should be done though.

[Antoine Martin]

r27598 looks like the correct fix to me - works here.

Why was your patch handling config.env as a string?
env is defined as a list, it should never be a string.

[Mark Harkin]

Replying to Antoine Martin:

r27598 looks like the correct fix to me - works here.

Thanks looks good, closing again.

Why was your patch handling config.env as a string?
env is defined as a list, it should never be a string.

No idea, just assumed incorrectly.

[migration script]

this ticket has been moved to: ​https://github.com/Xpra-org/xpra/issues/2878