From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Matthew Flaschen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: "source" shell commands Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2007 20:53:28 -0400 Message-ID: <46071988.2080808@gatech.edu> References: <87bqii936r.fsf@baldur.tsdh.de> <85wt16btg5.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <46059643.8090705@gatech.edu> <4605BD72.6040904@gatech.edu> <2D4FA764-9DEE-4F5C-8501-AA4E3F4787A7@Web.DE> <46065528.5000702@gatech.edu> <87aby1eyri.fsf@lion.rapttech.com.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1174870437 20448 80.91.229.12 (26 Mar 2007 00:53:57 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2007 00:53:57 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Mar 26 02:53:50 2007 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 1HVdT4-0004sg-7q for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 26 Mar 2007 02:53:50 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HVdVF-00082P-9u for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 25 Mar 2007 19:56:05 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HVdUy-0007zZ-4p for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 25 Mar 2007 20:55:48 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HVdUv-0007yF-Rn for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 25 Mar 2007 20:55:46 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HVdUv-0007y7-Ic for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 25 Mar 2007 19:55:45 -0500 Original-Received: from deliverator7.gatech.edu ([130.207.165.169]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA1:24) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1HVdSj-0002Ys-DR for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 25 Mar 2007 20:53:29 -0400 Original-Received: from deliverator7.gatech.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost (Postfix) with SMTP id A172117F1 for ; Sun, 25 Mar 2007 20:53:28 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from matthew.flaschen@gatech.edu) Original-Received: from mailprx1.gatech.edu (mailprx1.prism.gatech.edu [130.207.171.15]) (using TLSv1 with cipher EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA (168/168 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.mail.gatech.edu", Issuer "RSA Data Security, Inc." (verified OK)) by deliverator7.gatech.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8F5CB17AF for ; Sun, 25 Mar 2007 20:53:28 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from matthew.flaschen@gatech.edu) Original-Received: from [128.61.73.81] (r73h81.res.gatech.edu [128.61.73.81]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-MD5 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (sasl: method=PLAIN, username=mflaschen3@mailprx1.gatech.edu, sender=n/a) by mailprx1.gatech.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7396A2315 for ; Sun, 25 Mar 2007 20:53:28 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from matthew.flaschen@gatech.edu) User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (X11/20070306) In-Reply-To: <87aby1eyri.fsf@lion.rapttech.com.au> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.3.0 X-detected-kernel: Solaris 9 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:42188 Archived-At: Tim X wrote: > The simplest solution I've found is to change the Xsession script that sets up > your session to be a bash login shell - then ~/.bash_profiel (or ~/.profile) > will get sourced prior to the window manager being started and everything that > is then spawned by the window manager (using menus, 'run' boxes or start icons) > will inherit the users login env. I'm sorry. I don't understand what you mean here. Exactly what would I have to modify to do this? Matt Flaschen