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 22:20:51 -0800
yes the issue is starting the window mgr, which needs a bunch of
stuff in /usr/local/bin.
Randy Ford writes:
>
> On Wednesday, February 12, 2003, at 05:20 PM, RCohen wrote:
>
> > What is the path availble when X11 starts up? How can it be
> > modified?
>
> Where are you wanting it to be set? If you want it set for your window
> manager, you can set it in your ~/.xinitrc before starting the windows
> manager. If you want it set for programs launched from the
> Applications menu, you can set it in the command for each one. You can
> also set it in the plist, as others have said.
>
> The problem I have with using to plist is that you can't use other
> environment variables and can't set other things. Setting PATH in the
> plist doesn't do everything that, for instance, your .cshrc. You would
> have to set the entire path; you can't just add to the default one.
>
> I source a file from my .xinitrc and also from the Application menu,
> like this:
>
> source ~/.cshrc;xterm
>
> randy.
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