Re: Path on x11 startup?
Re: Path on x11 startup?
- Subject: Re: Path on x11 startup?
- From: RCohen <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2003 17:47:23 -0800
Interesting, the point being to create an environment.plist.
BUT I thought that I read somewhere on this list, in the last
day or so, that environment.plists got overwritten by some things?
-Ron-
Haroon Sheikh writes:
> W.r.t. the path issue, it's been discussed on the mailing list before.
> You could search the archives also.
>
> From the FAQ:
> Q: How do I set environment for all processes launched by a specific
> user?
> A: See Technical Q&A QA1067
> ( http://developer.apple.com/qa/qa2001/qa1067.html ).
>
>
> The FAQ is currently available at:
> http://lists.apple.com/mhonarc/x11-users/msg01319.html
>
>
> haroon
>
> On Wednesday, February 12, 2003, at 03:20 PM, RCohen wrote:
>
> > What is the path availble when X11 starts up? How can it be
> > modified?
> >
> > I have been trying to get the xfce window manager up. I can
> > do so if I start x11.app from a terminal session, but not if
> > I click on the application's icon. I think the distinction is
> > that when I start from a terminal, /usr/local/bin is already in
> > my path, due to a setenv PATH in my .cshrc.
> >
> > By the way my experience with xfce, and its virtual desktops vis a vis
> > focus are quite good. I can set xfce for focus follows mouse and
> > switch
> > xfce desktops and all seems fine. Better behavior than codetek's
> > virtual desktops; and also more reliable behavior than I was getting
> > with
> > XDarwin. The only issues: (1) when I bring a window from some Mac
> > application to the foreground and attempt to switch back to X11,
> > the X11 windows will be in focus but not come to the front,
> > untill I switch xfce desktops or hide and then unhide X11; and
> > (2) Hiding x11 doesn't really work. The windows don't disappear.
> > They just become inoperable. Clicking on the X11 icon in the
> > Dock then re-activiates them. Or switching to another xfce
> > desktop and back will re-activate them.
> >
> > -Ron Cohen-
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> W.r.t. the path issue, it's been discussed on the mailing list before.
> You could search the archives also.
>
> From the FAQ:
> Q: How do I set environment for all processes launched by a specific
> user?
> A: See Technical Q&A QA1067
> ( http://developer.apple.com/qa/qa2001/qa1067.html ).
>
>
> The FAQ is currently available at:
> http://lists.apple.com/mhonarc/x11-users/msg01319.html
>
>
> haroon
>
> On Wednesday, February 12, 2003, at 03:20 PM, RCohen wrote:
>
> What is the path availble when X11 starts up? How can it be
> modified?
>
> I have been trying to get the xfce window manager up. I can
> do so if I start x11.app from a terminal session, but not if
> I click on the application's icon. I think the distinction is
> that when I start from a terminal, /usr/local/bin is already in
> my path, due to a setenv PATH in my .cshrc.
>
> By the way my experience with xfce, and its virtual desktops vis a vis
> focus are quite good. I can set xfce for focus follows mouse and
> switch
> xfce desktops and all seems fine. Better behavior than codetek's
> virtual desktops; and also more reliable behavior than I was getting
> with
> XDarwin. The only issues: (1) when I bring a window from some Mac
> application to the foreground and attempt to switch back to X11,
> the X11 windows will be in focus but not come to the front,
> untill I switch xfce desktops or hide and then unhide X11; and
> (2) Hiding x11 doesn't really work. The windows don't disappear.
> They just become inoperable. Clicking on the X11 icon in the
> Dock then re-activiates them. Or switching to another xfce
> desktop and back will re-activate them.
>
> -Ron Cohen-
> _______________________________________________
> x11-users mailing list | email@hidden
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