From: Stefan Arentz <stefan.arentz@gmail.com>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Changing the PATH from emacs?
Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2008 18:52:46 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87bq6nqt1t.fsf@lvps87-230-32-149.dedicated.hosteurope.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 878x1r9yq1.fsf@gmx.de
Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de> writes:
> On 2008-02-11 18:25 +0100, Peter Dyballa wrote:
>
>> Am 11.02.2008 um 17:28 schrieb Stefan Arentz:
>>
>>> There doesn't seem to be a way to do this through Emacs.app/Info.plist
>>> so my question is whether it possible to change the PATH from my
>>> .emacs profile?
>>
>> (setenv "PATH" (concat "/opt/local/bin" ":" (getenv "PATH")))
>
> Are you sure that this will work? AFAIK `setenv' only modifies the
> environment of subprocesses; where Emacs searches for programs is
> determined by the lisp variable `exec-path'.
Indeed. It did not work, I tested it the wrong way and was confused.
Your exec-path hint did the trick though!
S.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-02-11 17:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-02-11 16:28 Changing the PATH from emacs? Stefan Arentz
2008-02-11 17:25 ` Peter Dyballa
[not found] ` <mailman.7293.1202750758.18990.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2008-02-11 17:38 ` Stefan Arentz
2008-02-11 17:42 ` Sven Joachim
2008-02-11 17:52 ` Stefan Arentz [this message]
2008-02-11 17:59 ` Sven Joachim
2008-02-11 17:45 ` Sven Joachim
2008-02-13 17:16 ` Stefan Monnier
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