Re: Cocoa Emacs 23 and Tramp problem

[Lars Wessman]

On Mar 7, 2009, at 12:17 PM, Peter Dyballa wrote:

> Am 07.03.2009 um 11:36 schrieb Lars Wessman:
>
> > It seems that my ~/.macosx/environment.plist has been there with  
> > the PATH variable in it all the time
>
>
> The case of letters can play a role.
>
> Some shell RC files can set a different environment that this PLIST.
>
> You might also check with ps (ps -lwwwxe) from some command line and  
> with process-environment and exec-path from inside Emacs.app the  
> actual process environments. And please do it with Emacs.app  
> launched with -Q – it's better to leave all your potential mistakes  
> in init files out.
>
> --
> Greetings
>
>  Pete
>
> Clovis' Consideration of an Atmospheric Anomaly:
>        The perversity of nature is nowhere better demonstrated
>        than by the fact that, when exposed to the same atmosphere,
>        bread becomes hard while crackers become soft.

The problem was in the .emacs file, as you were hinting. There was a  
line break in the middle of the following s-exp:

(setenv "PATH" "/opt/local/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:$HOME/ 
bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin")

line break -> .../usr/b\nin/:..

Ironically, ssh is located in /usr/bin

This was preventing the proper information from being set. The line  
break was near the edge of the frame, so I didn't notice it, although  
I had looked at that line many times while trying to figure this out.

This line was simply breaking the PATH variable and it is also why  
when I reloaded the PATH information using code further down in the  
file, the problem would disappear.

SIgh...

Thanks again

Lars