starting window managers that need /usr/local/bin
starting window managers that need /usr/local/bin
- Subject: starting window managers that need /usr/local/bin
- From: RCohen <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2003 15:24:08 -0800 (PST)
Thanks to Sean Ahern for setting me straight on this...
Apparently .xinitrc operates in a bash environment, not a csh
environment.
So if you want to start a window manager that needs stuff in
/usr/local/bin,
put the following line in .xinitrc before the invocation of the
window manager:
PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/bin
This will append /usr/local/bin to the PATH. It has the advantage
over the environment.plist route in that you have to specify
the complete path for the latter. Appending is preferable as
if the path needed changes with a system or X11 update, the
changes will automatically be applied as needed instead of
being overwritten.
-Ron Cohen-
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