Re: AucTeX problems on Mac OSX

[D. D. Brierton]

On Fri, 04 Jul 2003 12:01:58 +0000, tristero wrote:

> 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. 

How true!

>> 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.

Which do you think is the better solution, the one you outline above, or
simply customizing the value of exec-path in Emacs?

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