I want Thunderbird to use a different date/time format. A few minor mods in the .bashrc
file and we're good to go.
export LC_TIME=en_DK.utf8 # yyyy-mm-dd 24:mm
But this only works when Thunderbird is launched from the command line. When launched from a desktop menu it remains unchanged.
I've used localectl
to modify my login env (which I sorta regret), and I've tried other things as suggested here and here, but I haven't found the magic incantation yet.
So now I'm thinking: if I knew more about how LXDE/Openbox (I get them confused) creates the environment when launching applications, maybe I'd be in a better place to manipulate it. Anyone got any insights they can pass my way?
Exec=
line of the relevant .desktop file. First, you may want to copy over the Tbird .desktop file to~/.local/share/applications
and test your changes in that file. It's possible you may need an Exec= line such asbash -c 'whatever_you_want_here'
..bashrc
in order to useexport LC_TIME=en_DK.utf8
. For example, see the second example here: wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/…