From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: dkcombs@panix.com (David Combs) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Image-Dired thumbs issue Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2008 01:03:26 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Public Access Networks Corp. Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1214530847 9564 80.91.229.12 (27 Jun 2008 01:40:47 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2008 01:40:47 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jun 27 03:41:32 2008 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 1KC2xt-0007W0-Vl for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 27 Jun 2008 03:41:30 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:37327 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KC2x4-0007VZ-6O for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 26 Jun 2008 21:40:38 -0400 Original-Path: news.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!newshub.sdsu.edu!news-out.readnews.com!transit3.readnews.com!panix!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 37 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: panix1.panix.com Original-X-Trace: reader2.panix.com 1214528606 3920 166.84.1.1 (27 Jun 2008 01:03:26 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@panix.com Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2008 01:03:26 +0000 (UTC) X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test76 (Apr 2, 2001) Original-Xref: news.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:159747 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:55101 Archived-At: In article , Kevin Rodgers wrote: >Allan wrote: >> The workaround, which is basically unsatisfactory, is to place the >> ImageMagick binaries folder/directory as the first item in the `PATH' >> environment variable. The problem is that if you do this you cannot use the >> Windows XP "convert" built-in command. You might be able to get around >> this with commands such as "set path=%path%;" but it will >> only work within a command window temporarily. >> In my case once I tried the workaround I changed it back to the >> default `PATH' environment variable setting. > >Why not try leaving your PATH environment variable as is, and adding the >ImageMagick bin directory to the front of the Emacs exec-path variable? > >-- >Kevin Rodgers >Denver, Colorado, USA > > > Please, could you say a few words about when to hack PATH vs exec-path? (Is this true: "PATH" controls the entire computer -- everyone looks at it, whereas exec-path is seen only by emacs?) That, plus some discussion of when to do each one? Thanks!, David