function start3app {
  mkdir -p /tmp/$USER-kde
  export PATH=/usr/kde/3.5/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/games
  export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/kde/3.5/lib
  export KDETMP=/tmp/$USER-kde
  export KDEVARTMP=/var/tmp/$USER-kde
  export KDEHOME=$HOME/.kde
  export KDEDIR=/usr/kde/3.5
  export KDEDIRS=$KDEDIR
  export DISPLAY=:0
  eval "$@"
  source $HOME/.bashrc   #Reset environment variables again
}