From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Peter Dyballa Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Problems starting emacs with correct environmental settings Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2009 01:05:12 +0200 Message-ID: <0C1E5B19-7A29-494D-9DBC-38F38F7A702D@Web.DE> References: <4A4D08FB.4010702@telenet.be> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v753.1) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1246576035 23078 80.91.229.12 (2 Jul 2009 23:07:15 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2009 23:07:15 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Alain Muls Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jul 03 01:07:03 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1MMVLh-0001kY-6M for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:05:49 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:45703 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MMVLg-0002MO-I6 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:05:48 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MMVLL-0002M0-0x for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:05:27 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MMVLF-0002LY-KK for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:05:25 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=47106 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MMVLF-0002LV-Eh for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:05:21 -0400 Original-Received: from fmmailgate01.web.de ([217.72.192.221]:36800) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MMVLE-0003XU-Tm for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:05:21 -0400 Original-Received: from smtp08.web.de (fmsmtp08.dlan.cinetic.de [172.20.5.216]) by fmmailgate01.web.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5FB221080542B; Fri, 3 Jul 2009 01:05:19 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from [91.35.190.113] (helo=[192.168.1.2]) by smtp08.web.de with asmtp (WEB.DE 4.110 #277) id 1MMVLD-0000px-00; Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:05:19 +0200 In-Reply-To: <4A4D08FB.4010702@telenet.be> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.753.1) X-Sender: Peter_Dyballa@web.de X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX1/TE30ly47wPw+LfPFkoz9MpkOmgLe+WBqwGETq MguBVS8TsOcsskeWK9PrKp0BtqwTekdGSicrq1AzsWFp4KZSxP vmgFuYFIPNGzsitQx8Eg== X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4-2.6 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:65740 Archived-At: Am 02.07.2009 um 21:22 schrieb Alain Muls: > On my ubuntu system I have in the top bar the icon (dragged from =20 > the menu entry in Accessories) to launch emacs. By doing so, I have =20= > no access to my PATH variable, eg. a compile (make -k) won't run. What is the mechanism behind it? What is the behaviour when you launch GNU Emacs with '-u '? What is the behaviour when you launch GNU Emacs with '-l '? Is it possible to use a shell script as GNU Emacs entry which =20 launches GNU Emacs? -- Greetings Pete The human animal differs from the lesser primates in his passion for =20 lists of "Ten Best." =96 H. Allen Smith