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

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 19.11.2005 um 15:19 schrieb Anne G:

> PATH=/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/Users/anne:/usr/local/bin:/usr/ 
> X11R6/bin
> PWD=/Users/anne/Desktop
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> SHLVL=1
> USER=anne
> _=/usr/bin/env
> __CF_USER_TEXT_ENCODING=0x1F6:0:0
>
> The terminal shell still works, emacs does not. Same error.

Yes, because PATH still starts with /usr/bin:/bin, so Apple's ruby in  
/usr/bin is found first. If in Terminal the right ruby is found, you  
can type there `which ruby` and you have the PATH element (all before  
/ruby) that needs to be prepended to /usr/bin:/bin:... in the form  
'<PATH element>:'.

> > For those graphical Mac OS X applications there is (almost?) no other
> > way then ~/.MacOSX/environment.plist to prepare them with a suitable
> > runtime environment.
> the site says, I would need to create a directory and a
> .plist file, as I have neither one.

To create the empty directory: mkdir ~/.MacOSX

Then in Emacs open in that directory (C-x d, position the cursor, f)  
the file (C-x f) environment.plist and insert this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN"  
"http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd";>
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
        <key>PATH</key>
         
<string>/Users/pete/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/ 
usr/local/bin:/sw/bin:/usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin- 
current</string>
</dict>
</plist>

The text between    <string> and </string>   is the PATH. What you see  
is mine, including a place where I have some shell scripts, including  
places where X11 applications or other programmes from the public  
domain can be found. So they are accessible from inside any Mac OS X  
application. (You know how to save a file in Emacs? C-x C-s)


In case you are searching in Emacs for the files that set the bash  
environment, type in Emacs 'C-x d ~ <RET>'. You will see in the  
mini-buffer the text '/Users/anne/Desktop/', which is your current  
working directory. Appending '~' to it makes Emacs to open your HOME  
directory when you press the return key. And there you see the other  
side of Mac OS X ... file names starting with '.', colourful  
directories (folders) ... Is it this what you addressed by writing:

> I looked in my panther book at all the bash environment
> variables, but I have no clue as to what to do.  Sorry.


--
Greetings

  Pete

Without vi there is only GNU Emacs