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

[Glenn Eychaner]

On Sep 26, 2008, at 10:01 AM, xquartz-dev-request at lists.macosforge.org  
wrote:

> 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.

I found a simple, stupid solution; since I use tcsh, I just started  
putting "tcsh -c '<command>'" in my X11 Applications menu.  Then the  
command inherits the full environment of my default shell, and I don't  
have to worry about it.  Dumb, but functional.

-G.
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Glenn Eychaner (geychaner at lco.cl)
Telescope Systems Programmer, Las Campanas Observatory