[plasmashell] [Bug 382604] Plasma must be restarted to for cursor size changes to take effect for the desktop and empty areas of the panel

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

--- Comment #27 from groot at kde.org ---
Experimenting with environment variable XCURSOR_THEME.

- Log into KDE Plasma, start Konsole
- `echo $XCURSOR_THEME` shows me `KDE_Classic` (which was my cursor theme when
I started)
- From that konsole, `konsole &` and in that (new) konsole, `echo
$XCURSOR_THEME` shows `KDE_Classic` (this is expected, environment passed on
from the shell in konsole). Notice that mousing over the new konsole shows the
KDE Classic cursor theme.
- From that konsole, `XCURSOR_THEME=redglass konsole &` and in that konsole
notice it shows redglass. Together this shows that starting Konsole from the
command-line makes it obey the XCURSOR_THEME environment variable.
- Use dbus to get KLauncher to launch a new konsole: `qdbus-qt5
org.kde.klauncher5 /KLauncher exec_blind konsole ""` .. notice that Konsole has
XCURSOR_THEME set to `KDE_Classic` (because that's what I had when I logged in)
- Use dbus to tell Klauncher to use a different environment: `qdbus-qt5
org.kde.klauncher5 /KLauncher setLaunchEnv XCURSOR_THEME Oxygen_Yellow`
- Then use dbus to launch a new konsole again (same command) and notice it
comes up with Oxygen Yellow as cursor theme and has XCURSOR_THEME set as
expected.
- Then use KRunner to start Konsole, e.g. alt-space, type "konsole". Notice it
has KDE_Classic.
- Then use the K-Menu to start Konsole. It too has KDE_Classic.

So far, we've seen that Konsole follows the XCURSOR_THEME set in the
environment when it is started. Also that KLauncher can modify the environment
it uses to launch applications. Also that KRunner is not KLauncher, and uses
some **other** notion of environment. (This can be similarly demonstrated by
starting kwrite, changing the theme, then starting another kwrite which gets
the old theme).

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