Re: The same environment variables everywhere

[Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>]

>> I would like to hear some ideas on how to set various environment
>> variables (PATH, MANPATH, EDITOR etc.) in one place that would make them
>> effective everywhere. My "everywhere" means:
>> - X session started through lightdm and ~/.xsession script
>> - Linux console login (bash)
>> - user's systemd services
> Put them into /etc/environment.

I haven't re-tried recently, but last time:
- It never worked for me.
- It can't hold user-specific settings.
- It can't *compute* a setting.


        Stefan