Re: can one run tk/Ruby gui code from an emacs shell with compile?

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 18.11.2005 um 19:51 schrieb Anne G:

> What is causing the problem?

That's the culprit: DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH!

DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH is a variable that tells programmes which need to  
load dynamic libraries where to find them. Usually if you *need* to set  
it, it is set up from many path elements which name all directories  
with such libraries. Here it is probably ab-used because aspell does  
not work. I don't think this is the right way.

I found it myself in my copy. I am using this correction:

        in Emacs' shell do: echo $SHELL
        
	then create a file .emacs_<this shell name, i.e. the remainder when  
you subtract /bin/> (could be: .emacs_tcsh, .emacs_bash)

	put into this file just one statement, for .emacs_tcsh: unsetenv  
DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH, for .emacs_bash: unset DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH (that's  
probably correct, I am no bash user)

If you see DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH still set (env | grep DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH)  
then do by hand the 'unset DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH'. I don't know when  
DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH is set, hopefully it only affects the shell and  
nothing else. If Ruby still can't find its library, then remove or  
rename  
/Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/Resources/share/emacs/22.0.50/site- 
lisp/site-start.d/carbon-emacs-builtin-aspell.el and  
/Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/Resources/share/emacs/22.0.50/site- 
lisp/site-start.d/carbon-emacs-builtin-aspell.elc -- that's the culprit  
file(s). (Putting them aside should not hurt much, I presume aspell  
won't work either. And probably it would be better to install  
CocoaAspell for spell-checking texts.)

If all fails, there are other Emacsen for Mac OS X. For example one  
with an Aqua/Cocoa interface (based on Unicode Emacs 23 -- which needs  
to be compiled first).

If you find some time, please send a bug report (together with a  
description of the cure) to  
mailto:macemacsjp-english@lists.sourceforge.jp -- could be you first  
need to subscribe. You'll find in the Help menu a Carbon department,  
which will take you (or your browser) the right web site.

--
Greetings

  Pete

Never be led astray onto the path of virtue.