Re: Modifying the environment

Thanks for the suggestions, everyone.

Jim Knoble wrote:

> Several options:
>
>     (a) If you're using a genuine xterm, you can start them with the
>         '-ls' option, which causes the shell they start to be a "login"
>         shell.
[...]
>     (b) Some shells (notably bash, csh, tcsh, sometimes pdksh, maybe
>         zsh) read an "interactive" startup file as well, in which case

I don't really like either of these options (maybe this makes the
problem my own fault!). I believe env-vars belong in .profile rather
than .bashrc, and I also don't like making every terminal a login one
(because it's basically overkill).

And of course neither of these approaches work for things like
editors, web browsers, etc, started directly from the window manager.

>     (c) Don't use applications directly.  Write "wrapper" scripts which
>         set environment variables from a file (or directory) in your
>         home directory.

Oof. I was really hoping for a general, simple solution - a "setenv"
command for WM, basically. Emacs has one... :)
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