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Re: AucTeX problems on Mac OSX
From: |
D. D. Brierton |
Subject: |
Re: AucTeX problems on Mac OSX |
Date: |
Fri, 04 Jul 2003 13:26:22 +0100 |
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Pan/0.13.4 (She had eyes like strange sins.) |
On Fri, 04 Jul 2003 12:01:58 +0000, tristero wrote:
> In article <847k6yahq0.fsf@lucy.is.informatik.uni-duisburg.de>, Kai
> Großjohann wrote:
>> The problem is that MacOS has multiple ways to set $PATH.
>
> Only two, but that's one more than most unix users are accustomed to.
How true!
>> I'm guessing that the path is set in the shell init files, but not
>> when you log in via the GUI.
>
> Almost for sure. This is a faq, or at least it should be.
>
> To get the right environment for Finder- (or Dock-) launched
> applications, put the definitions in ~/.MacOSX/environment.plist.
> This is an xml file which you can edit as text (in emacs, for instance
> :) or, if you have the Developer Tools loaded, via Property List
> Editor. Or, for that matter, with any other gui xml editor.
>
> The plist dtd is trivial, just a series of key/value pairs, like this:
>
> <key>PATH</key>
> <string>/sw/bin:/sw/sbin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin</string>
>
> You'll need to logout and back in again for changes to this file to
> take effect.
Which do you think is the better solution, the one you outline above, or
simply customizing the value of exec-path in Emacs?
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