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[Lorenzo Marcantonio <l.marcantonio@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 08:44:21PM +0100, Fabrizio Tappero wrote:
> The objective of my email was to find the best way to fix the script.

Maybe something like zsh does with a new user? The first time you launch
it or when it doesn't see the variable launch a dialog which proposes
to add the variable to .profile

Explanation for whoever never used zsh... first time you execute it, it
says:

    This is the Z Shell configuration function for new users,
    zsh-newuser-install.
    You are seeing this message because you have no zsh startup files
    (the files .zshenv, .zprofile, .zshrc, .zlogin in the directory
    ~).  This function can help you with a few settings that should
    make your use of the shell easier.

    You can:

    (q)  Quit and do nothing.  The function will be run again next time.

    (0)  Exit, creating the file ~/.zshrc containing just a comment.
        That will prevent this function being run again.

    (1)  Continue to the main menu.

    --- Type one of the keys in parentheses --- 

You can make a simple xdialog/zenity script asking (more or less): "You
don't have a GITHUB environment configured; do you want to a) configure
it adding a line to your .profile script, b) don't configure and don't
ask anymore, c) continue without configuring it"

Of course you can replace sh/zenity with wxpython if you want to
overkill the issue at hand...

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Lorenzo Marcantonio
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