Because: 1. Like you said, one file vs. two files to maintain (for this env information)
2. Nothing is *nix universal. I don't run MacOSPorts on my Ubuntu box, so I don't have /opt/local in my path there. And just try getting your .emacs to work cross-platform if you have paths or fonts configured in it. You bought a mac, now you have to "think different". ET On 11/9/07 9:51 AM, "darmabum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > OK, why is that any better than .emacs plus .profile (OK, two files > versus one, but the former are *nix universal). > > jb > > On Nov 9, 9:44 am, Eric Tiffany <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Because a line in your .emacs file won't have any effect on other apps you >> run from the Terminal or from the Finder. >> >> You can set up your env in the plist and then it is ubiquitous. >> >> ET >> >> On 11/9/07 9:26 AM, "darmabum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >> >>> OK, that may be. But tell me: why jump thru hoops w/ mac's >>> unorthodox plist, when a single line in your .emacs file works just as >>> well? >> >>> jb >> >>> On Nov 9, 2:08 am, Peter Dyballa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> Am 09.11.2007 um 01:03 schrieb darmabum: >> >>>>> Various info online suggested that >>>>> applications need environment variables set in ~/.MacOS/ >>>>> environment.plist, but this doesn't work either, at least for Carbon >>>>> Emacs. >> >>>> You're wrong, it works! The obstacle is that you need to log off and >>>> in again to make the new environment work ... >> >>>> -- >>>> Greetings >> >>>> Pete >> >>>> "They're putting dimes in the hole in my head to see the change in me." > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ "Carbon Emacs" group mailing list. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/carbon-emacs?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
