[Xquartz-dev] env variables and launchd problem

[Dave Ray]

Jeremy Huddleston wrote:

> > I'm observing the same thing on shells that are launched by my window
> manager (e17). Those shells are dropping me in at the root level, but my
> ENV looks correct in those shells. $HOME=/Users/davidray. > >
> Shells/terminals launched by X11.app (from the Applications menu) are
> correctly dropping me into my home directory.
> 
> Ok, this is likely because your WM is launched from xinit which is
> launched by launchd which probably has PWD=/

Yes that might explain it. The wm binary I launch in ~/.xinit.d/99-wm.sh is not the actual window manager, it invokes the wm, possibly through xinit.

I wonder, would this also explain why an xterm launched from ~/.xinitrc.d/99-wm.sh (with no window manager) does not have the expected ENV?

The missing ENV in that xterm correlates with the WM issues. When I add ~/.MacOSX/environment.plist, or /etc/launchd.conf, the problem goes away for whatever I am running in ~/.xinitrc.d/99-wm.sh, whether it be that xterm or a WM.

Is there a good way for me to pass my ENV to whatever is launched by ~/.xinitrc.d/99-wm.sh, without passing the ENV to every single launchd process?

Dave