[Xquartz-dev] MacPorts XQuartz 2.3.2 (xorg-server 1.4.2-apple32) has problems with $PATH

[Peter Dyballa]

Hello!

I found this when I tried to use AUCTeX in GNU Emacs 23.0.90: its  
internal variable exec-path ("/usr/X11/bin" "/Users/pete/bin" "/usr/ 
bin" "/bin" "/usr/X11R6/bin" "/usr/local/sbin" "/usr/local/bin" "/sw/ 
bin" "/usr/local/bin" "/usr/texbin" "/Users/pete/bin/FDK/Tools/osx" "/ 
opt/local/bin" "/usr/X11R6/bin" "/sw/lib/emacs/22.3/powerpc-apple- 
darwin8.11.0"), derived from $PATH, which is reported with Emacs Lisp  
(getenv "PATH") as:

	"/usr/X11/bin:/Users/pete/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/ 
local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sw/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/texbin:/Users/ 
pete/bin/FDK/Tools/osx:/opt/local/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin"

and which is not the same as in ~/.xinitrc nor as in a shell, bash or  
tcsh.

For the shells I use:

	~/.bashrc:export PATH=$(defaults read "${HOME}/.MacOSX/environment"  
PATH)
	~/.profile:    PATH=`defaults read "${HOME}/.MacOSX/environment" PATH`
	~/.cshrc:    set path=(`defaults read ~/.MacOSX/environment PATH |  
tr ':' ' '`)

So I have, very consistent:

	pete 231 /\ echo $PATH
	/Users/pete/bin:/sw/lib/freetype219/bin:/sw/lib/fontconfig2/bin:/usr/ 
local/bin:/usr/local/ActivePerl-5.8/bin:/usr/local/texlive/2008/bin/ 
universal-darwin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/X11/bin:/sw/bin:/sw/lib/coreutils/ 
bin:/Developer/Tools:/Users/pete/bin/FDK/Tools/osx
	pete 232 /\ bash -li
	~/.bash_profile
	~/.bashrc
	0-ttyp://pete:2/~pete 28 /\ echo $PATH
	/Users/pete/bin:/sw/lib/freetype219/bin:/sw/lib/fontconfig2/bin:/usr/ 
local/bin:/usr/local/ActivePerl-5.8/bin:/usr/local/texlive/2008/bin/ 
universal-darwin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/X11/bin:/sw/bin:/sw/lib/coreutils/ 
bin:/Developer/Tools
	0-ttyp://pete:2/~pete 29 /\ exit
	logout
	pete 233 /\ bash -i
	~/.bashrc
	0-ttyp://pete:2/~pete 30 /\ echo $PATH
	/Users/pete/bin:/sw/lib/freetype219/bin:/sw/lib/fontconfig2/bin:/usr/ 
local/bin:/usr/local/ActivePerl-5.8/bin:/usr/local/texlive/2008/bin/ 
universal-darwin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/X11/bin:/sw/bin:/sw/lib/coreutils/ 
bin:/Developer/Tools
	0-ttyp://pete:2/~pete 31 /\ exit
	exit
	pete 234 /\ bash
	~/.bashrc
	0-ttyp://pete:2/~pete 32 /\ echo $PATH
	/Users/pete/bin:/sw/lib/freetype219/bin:/sw/lib/fontconfig2/bin:/usr/ 
local/bin:/usr/local/ActivePerl-5.8/bin:/usr/local/texlive/2008/bin/ 
universal-darwin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/X11/bin:/sw/bin:/sw/lib/coreutils/ 
bin:/Developer/Tools
	0-ttyp://pete:2/~pete 33 /\ exit

from

	pete 235 /\ defaults read ~/.MacOSX/environment PATH
	/Users/pete/bin:/sw/lib/freetype219/bin:/sw/lib/fontconfig2/bin:/usr/ 
local/bin:/usr/local/ActivePerl-5.8/bin:/usr/local/texlive/2008/bin/ 
universal-darwin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/X11/bin:/sw/bin:/sw/lib/coreutils/ 
bin:/Developer/Tools

In ~/.xinitrc I let record the environment (env | sort -o  
xinitrc.env). In this output file PATH is recorded as:

	PATH=/Users/pete/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/ 
usr/local/bin:/sw/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/texbin:/Users/pete/bin/FDK/ 
Tools/osx:/opt/local/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin

for which to find a connection to correct PATH is not easy. With this  
I can't use TeX! The file /etc/csh.login has from an installation of  
the "MacTeX" distribution an useless

	set path = ( ${path} "/usr/texbin" )

which will only work when I violate a bit the file system – I leave  
the line there for sentimental reasons.

/etc/csh.cshrc does not set path. /etc/csh.login has only

	set path = ( ${path} "/usr/local/bin" )
	set path = ( ${path} "/usr/texbin" )

/etc/profile has

	PATH="/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin"

My personal files have:

	~/.bashrc:export PATH=$(defaults read "${HOME}/.MacOSX/environment"  
PATH)
	~/.cshrc:    set path=(`defaults read ~/.MacOSX/environment PATH |  
tr ':' ' '`)
	~/.login:setenv PATH ${PATH}:"/Users/pete/bin/FDK/Tools/osx"
	~/.profile:    PATH=`defaults read "${HOME}/.MacOSX/environment" PATH`
	~/.profile:export INFOPATH MANPATH PATH
	~/.profile:PATH=${PATH}:"/Users/pete/bin/FDK/Tools/osx"

I'd prefer here the behaviour of Apple's X11.

--
Greetings

   Pete

The day Microsoft makes something that doesn't suck is the day they  
start selling vacuum cleaners.
				– Ernest Jan Plugge