How to set path for dmenu_run with Debian standard i3 startup

asked Nov 1 '15

Felicitus
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updated Nov 1 '15

I'm using a standard debian system with xdm and i3. The stock startup procedure for Xsessions on Debian is that if no ~/.xsessionrc or ~/.xsession exists, it should use x-window-managerwhich debian symlinks to i3.

The relevant lines in /etc/X11/Xsession.d/50x11-common_determine-startup are:

# If there is still nothing to use for a startup program, try the system
# default session manager, window manager, and terminal emulator.
if [ -z "$STARTUP" ]; then
  if [ -x /usr/bin/x-session-manager ]; then
    STARTUP=x-session-manager
  elif [ -x /usr/bin/x-window-manager ]; then
    STARTUP=x-window-manager
  elif [ -x /usr/bin/x-terminal-emulator ]; then
    STARTUP=x-terminal-emulator
  fi
fi

`

I wish to add ~/bin to my PATH. Of course, adding the PATH to my .profile or .zshrc files doesn't work since no shell is executed during the X session startup.

Is there a way to define the PATH without introducing any kind of custom startup file like .xsessionrc?