mikus wrote: > I've modified some system files in /etc to define some global > environmental variables ( export WHAT=foo ). Those variables are > available within the environment passed to a Terminal session (or > when logged on at the text console) -- the command 'echo $WHAT > $LANG' will emit "foo en_US.UTF-8". But those same variables are
what system files did you modify? i'm guessing it was a shell startup file, in which case it's not surprising that activities don't use those files. (but your point is well taken -- i'm often frustrated that it's hard to influence the behavior of modern gui programs via system-wide environment. one of the sugar folk might have an idea.) paul > undefined within the environment passed to an Activity launched by > Sugar -- the command 'echo $WHAT $LANG' will emit "blank en_US.UTF-8". > > http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Low-level_Activity_API does not appear to > go into how come some "global" environmental variables aren't passed > when an Activity is launched by Sugar. > > Please - is there a way to ensure that that a particular global > variable __does__ get passed to an Activity ? > > Thanks, mikus > > _______________________________________________ > Devel mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel =--------------------- paul fox, [email protected] _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
