configuring environment variables

[hitchclimber]

As I understood the documentation, it shoud be possible to overwrite env vars to set browser, explorer etc by overwriting them in xdg_config/hyde/config.toml:

[hyprland]
browser = "librewolf"

I did that and nothing happens. What am I missing?

[kRHYME7]

As of the moment this overrides the default browser when using binds.

Do you want to set it as a default browser ? Like opening links immediately opens to that browser?

[hitchclimber]

Actually, the browser just works and I have no clue why, because overriding the editor and explorer doesn't. And yes, I would like to use the keybindings that are already set for those.

[kRHYME7]

Actually, the browser just works and I have no clue why, because overriding the editor and explorer doesn't. And yes, I would like to use the keybindings that are already set for those.

better to edit ~/.config/hypr/keybindings.conf and invoke librewolf in there

Actually, the browser just works and I have no clue why,

So the xdg-settings set default-web-browser <browser>.desktop command is the same as the pop up you got when you open a browser and it ask to be your defualt browser.

[hitchclimber]

better to edit ~/.config/hypr/keybindings.conf and invoke librewolf in there
So the same would be true for the editor and explorer? Because they are the main issue, the browser was just a (badly chosen) example.

[kRHYME7]

Yes, yes

Here's how I setup mine. the string should be a valid executable. better if full path. If you want to launch a .desktop app launch it with gtk-launch .

Example gtk-launch nvim.

• Why do we need to wrap nvim?

Because it requires a terminal to run. You can also use kitty nvim instead, to run it using kitty terminal.

• Why I talk about gtk-launch

Because gtk-launch automatically knows if a app.desktop application should run in terminal or not etc. It's a convenient way of launching stuff. It's like how you launch something using a launcher.

[hitchclimber]

Thanks a lot

[cgiuliani]

Hi,

I don’t understand how this configuration is supposed to work. Here’s what I have in ~/.config/hyde/config.toml:

# Configuration file for HyDE
# Environment variables should be on top
# Updated config.toml file can be found at $HOME/.local/share/hyde/config.toml
"$schema" = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/HyDE-Project/HyDE/refs/heads/master/Configs/.local/share/hyde/schema/config.toml.json"

# Hyprland configuration.
[hyprland]
browser = "vivaldi"  # Browser.
editor = "nano"     # Editor.

After restarting, I checked my environment variables:

echo $EDITOR
# Output: code

echo $BROWSER
# Output: (empty)

The values in the config file don’t seem to override the environment variables. Could someone clarify how this is supposed to work?

Thanks!