Alt-F2 has unique $PATH?

[Dotan Cohen]

On Kubuntu 8.04 I have ~/.bin/ (note the dot!) configured in my path:
hardy2 at hardy2-laptop:~$ cat .profile
# set PATH so it includes user's private bin if it exists
if [ -d "$HOME/.bin" ] ; then
    PATH="$HOME/.bin:$PATH"
fi
hardy2 at hardy2-laptop:~$ cat .bash_profile
PATH=$HOME/.bin:$PATH
export PATH
hardy2 at hardy2-laptop:~$ which thunderbird
/home/hardy2/.bin/thunderbird

On my KDE panel, I have a button for Thunderbird which points to this file:
/home/hardy2/.bin/thunderbird %u

Opening Thunderbird from the button correctly opens the thunderbird
instance in ~/.bin/ however when typing "thunderbird" into the Alt-F2
dialog, it opens the thunderbird in /usr/bin/. Why is that, and how
can I fix it? Do I need to configure my path elsewhere for Alt-F2?

Thanks in advance.

Dotan Cohen

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