From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Kai Grossjohann Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: [NEWBIE] exec path not expanding Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2003 20:23:28 +0200 Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <86k76xgmhr.fsf@slowfox.dyndns.org> References: <72D0EE81-040D-11D8-A446-000A957A7EA8@apple.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1066847071 2448 80.91.224.253 (22 Oct 2003 18:24:31 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2003 18:24:31 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Oct 22 20:24:28 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1ACNem-00055d-00 for ; Wed, 22 Oct 2003 20:24:28 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1ACNeO-0001DF-3D for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 22 Oct 2003 14:24:04 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1ACNce-0001Cj-P4 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 22 Oct 2003 14:22:16 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1ACNc8-0000sr-Dz for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 22 Oct 2003 14:22:15 -0400 Original-Received: from [213.165.64.20] (helo=mail.gmx.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.24) id 1ACNc7-0000si-Vd for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 22 Oct 2003 14:21:44 -0400 Original-Received: (qmail 31579 invoked by uid 65534); 22 Oct 2003 18:21:42 -0000 Original-Received: from p508E3D3D.dip.t-dialin.net (EHLO slowfox.dyndns.org) (80.142.61.61) by mail.gmx.net (mp001) with SMTP; 22 Oct 2003 20:21:42 +0200 X-Authenticated: #361006 Original-Received: by slowfox.dyndns.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 1F0504179; Wed, 22 Oct 2003 20:23:29 +0200 (CEST) Original-To: Robert Pollard In-Reply-To: <72D0EE81-040D-11D8-A446-000A957A7EA8@apple.com> (Robert Pollard's message of "Tue, 21 Oct 2003 14:28:01 -0700") User-Agent: Gnus/5.1003 (Gnus v5.10.3) Emacs/21.3.50 (berkeley-unix) X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:13470 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:13470 Robert Pollard writes: > Now I have to figure out why! [[the environment in the shell is > different from the environment that Emacs.app gets when clicked on]] Well, it's quite simple, I guess: ~/.tcshrc and friends probably set the environment. tcsh reads those files when it starts up. Hm. Ah! Google is my friend. "environment variables macos" turns up the following most interesting page: http://www.astro.washington.edu/owen/AquaEnvVar.html I only skimmed it. I contains pointers to other places. I hope it helps. (I don't have a Mac, but having an iBook would be way cool ;-) Kai