[systemsettings] [Bug 382604] User needs to restart Plasma session to apply a new cursor theme to the whole system

[Colin Griffith]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=382604

Colin Griffith <tynach2 at gmail.com> changed:

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--- Comment #17 from Colin Griffith <tynach2 at gmail.com> ---
I think I figured out what causes this!

According to wbauer on this page:
https://phabricator.kde.org/D17187

The 'startkde' (which is now 'startplasma-x11' or 'startplasma-wayland')
program sets the XCURSOR_THEME environment variable, and applications will
always use the value of that environment variable until they're told otherwise.
When you switch themes while logged in, you're telling existing applications to
use another theme on the fly, and most will do so! But launch a new
application, and it'll use the old original theme!

The XCURSOR_THEME environment variable is meant to be used to override all
other settings temporarily, when starting an application. The fix should simply
be to remove the line(s) of code from 'startplasma-x11' that sets that
environment variable.

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