executing cmd's via shortcuts or external scripts isn't working about i3-gnome-pomodoro HOT 7 CLOSED

It isn't an issue with i3 itself. It depends a lot on how your i3 is configured and launched. See: https://www.reddit.com/r/i3wm/comments/72oiwl/how_do_i_set_environment_variables_so_that_they/

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When invoking i3bar --bar_id=bar-0 from CLI the pomodoro timer is displayed.
Maybe it's an i3 related issue???

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at first glance, I would try to debug the python part there. Does that python command exist? Is it a compatible version? I understand that it exists in the terminal where you tried it, but maybe somehow it's overwritten or not defined in the exec in i3? 🤔 Just guessing there tho

Another possibility is that there's something wrong with (relative) file paths

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So yeah I'd think this might be about environment variables or something like that

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Hmm, yeah, it has to be. I'm using python 3.8.1 with pyenv, but the #!/usr/bin/env python takes that into account.

So I just made a small test script ~/bin/test.py to verify that:

#!/usr/bin/env python

import os, sys

if len(sys.argv) > 0:
    os.system(f"notify-send {str(sys.argv[1])}")
else:
    os.system("notify-send 'hello'")

and attached it in the same manner to a keybinding in my i3config

bindsym $mod+F9 exec "python ~/bin/test.py i3status"

This works right off the bat.🤔😕
I tested it with python 3.6.9 as well and it doesn't make any difference.😬

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Okay, I figured it out. It has to do with i3 environment handling. It seems to ignore my pyenv env and falls back to the distros python which hasn't the deps installed.
After installing them it works. Gonna open a ticket for i3 then.
Thanks for your input.

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Okay, so I just created .profile in my $HOME and added this line to make my x session aware of pyenv:

export PATH=$($HOME/.pyenv/bin/pyenv root)/shims:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:$PATH

I'm not sure if this is good practice but it solves the issue for me.😀

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