Isn't there a way to have CLI apps use the Aqua variables? I think
I saw once some Perl code that read the Aqua file's variables, so
".profile" or whatever would call the Perl program to gain a copy of
the variables. The code didn't work for me. I hope someone out
there can come up with better code.
I'm not well-versed in this stuff, but what you would need is a
script/program invoked by your startup shell script to read and parse
the XML file and install the results in your shell's environment.
Whatever is set into the environment in ~/.MacOSX/environment.plist is
automatically available in the shell environment for any Terminal.app
session. This probably does not hold for xterms, remote ssh logins,
etc, but as long as the process has the WindowServer process in its
heritage, the plist described variables should be in the environment.
Well, well, well...
Thanks for pointing this out.
By experiment, it does appear that this file is inserted into the
environment (by the WindowServer, I'm guessing), and Terminal and
X11.app both pick it up.
A shell running in either an 'xterm' spawned by X11.app or a
Terminal.app window will have these variables in the exported
environment.
Can't say what happens for X using other window servers.
One learns new things... I don't forgive that easily.
Cheers,
Justin
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