Re: AucTeX problems on Mac OSX

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In article <847k6yahq0.fsf@lucy.is.informatik.uni-duisburg.de>, Kai
Großjohann wrote: 
> The problem is that MacOS has multiple ways to set $PATH.  

Only two, but that's one more than most unix users are accustomed to. 

> I'm guessing that the path is set in the shell init files, but not
> when you log in via the GUI.

Almost for sure.  This is a faq, or at least it should be.

To get the right environment for Finder- (or Dock-) launched
applications, put the definitions in ~/.MacOSX/environment.plist.
This is an xml file which you can edit as text (in emacs, for instance
:) or, if you have the Developer Tools loaded, via Property List
Editor.  Or, for that matter, with any other gui xml editor.

The plist dtd is trivial, just a series of key/value pairs, like this: 

    <key>PATH</key>
    <string>/sw/bin:/sw/sbin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin</string>

You'll need to logout and back in again for changes to this file to
take effect.