Re: Feature requests & bugs for X11 for Mac OS X
Re: Feature requests & bugs for X11 for Mac OS X
- Subject: Re: Feature requests & bugs for X11 for Mac OS X
- From: "Brian T. O'Neill" <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2003 12:33:05 -0600
Quoting Ken Tabb (email@hidden) from :
> Bugs:
>
> * The 'Applications' menu doesn't honour the $PATH env variable, so for
> instance I installed gimp using fink, which has put it in /sw/bin. I
> then add /sw/bin to my path, and typing "gimp" at the command line (eg.
> in an xterm) works fine. In the Applications menu however, if you add
> <Name>Gimp <Command>gimp then it doesn't work (it just does nothing).
> You have to type <Name>Gimp <Command>/sw/bin/gimp for it to work.
This is doing what its supposed to be doing. If you run X11.app from
command line it will inherit your $PATH. If you run it from the Dock or
finder, it inherits the PATH of the Dock/Finder, neither of which read
your login or rc files. You need to edit the .MacOS/environment.plist
file and set your path there. See
http://www.misplaced.net/fom/X11/36.html for more info.
Brian
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