[Xquartz-dev] Environment passed to Applications-launched processes

[Jeremy Huddleston]

And to make matters more interesting, variables set in your .bashrc  
will probably appear when you auto-launch, but not when you launch  
from the utilities directory.

Thanks for the info, I'm looking into it and will try to figure out a  
solution.

--Jeremy

On Sep 25, 2008, at 07:10, Glenn Eychaner wrote:

> OK, I finally got around to testing this comprehensively on my system
> (10.5.5 and X11 2.3.1).  Here's what I did, in detail:
>
> 1) I created a file .MacOSX/environment.plist containing two
> environment variables (TESTVARIABLE and TESTVARIABLE2).
> 2) In the X11 Applications menu, I created two entries: 'xterm -ls',
> and 'env > /tmp/X11_env.txt'.
> 3) I created an applescript in Script Editor containing the single  
> line:
> 	do shell script "env > /tmp/Applescript_env.txt; cd $HOME; /usr/X11/
> bin/xterm -ls"
> 4) I logged out and logged back in.
>
> Test 1: Launching from a Terminal
> 1) I opened a Terminal window.  'env | grep TEST': positive
> 2) In the terminal window, I typed 'xterm -ls' to open an xterm.  In
> the resulting xterm, 'env | grep TEST': positive
> 3) Created a new xterm from the X11 Applications menu.  In the
> resulting xterm, 'env | grep TEST': NEGATIVE
> 4) Created the /tmp/X11_env.txt file from the X11 Applications menu.
> 'grep TEST /tmp/X11_env.txt: NEGATIVE
>
> Test 2: Launching from Applescript
> 1) Opened Script Editor and ran the Applescript from there.  (I could
> also save it as an Application; makes no difference.)
> 2) In the resulting xterm:  'env | grep TEST': positive
> 3) Created a new xterm from the X11 Applications menu.  In the
> resulting xterm, 'env | grep TEST': NEGATIVE
> 4) Created the /tmp/X11_env.txt file from the X11 Applications menu.
> 'grep TEST /tmp/X11_env.txt: NEGATIVE
> 5) 'grep TEST /tmp/Applescript_env.txt: positive
>
> Test 3: Launch from the Utilities directory.
> 1) Launched X11 from the Utilities directory.  This opened X11 and an
> xterm.
> 2) In the resulting xterm:  'env | grep TEST': positive
> 3) Created a new xterm from the X11 Applications menu.  In the
> resulting xterm, 'env | grep TEST': positive
> 4) Created the /tmp/X11_env.txt file from the X11 Applications menu.
> 'grep TEST /tmp/X11_env.txt: positive
>
> I don't have an .xinitrc file.  The only conclusion I can draw is that
> X11 is NOT picking up the environment.plist file when it auto-launches
> through the DISPLAY variable, but is when it launches from the
> Utilities directory.
>
> -G.
> --
> Glenn Eychaner (geychaner at lco.cl)
> Telescope Systems Programmer, Las Campanas Observatory
>
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