On 20 May 2008, at 19:22, Rubens_Septimus wrote:
Hello,
Something I'm trying to understand : I build several things
(gnustep-startup, GWorkspace) and all seemed to get well done.
After that, I tried to load GWorkspace. But openapp was not found
and it
failed.
I had to add the source GNUstep.sh in my .bashrc to be able to launch
GWorkspace : after that, I can launch it from an Xterm with either
method :
GWorkspace
openapp /usr/GNUstep/System/Applications/GWorkspace.app
/usr/GNUstep/System/Applications/GWorkspace.app/GWorkspace
But, if I try to do it from a docked icon within WindowMaker, it
complains
that the execution of the command failed with either method...
So I wonder :
1°) Why I need to add the source GNUstep.sh in .bashrc to exec an
app while
it is said around to be necessary only to build it, not to exec it.
At a guess ... because you have not installed GNUstep configured to
use the native filesystem.
If you aren't using the native filesystem layout, then you somehow
have to tell your shell and window manager how to find libraries and
executables (because they aren't where the shell is expecting to find
them) ... so you either deal with that yourself, or you can source
GNUstep.sh to do it (among other things). Most likely windowmaker
doesn't know how to find the libraries because it was started up
before you sourced GNUstep.sh.
2°) Why the /etc/GNUstep/GNUstep.conf configuration file seems to be
useless.
I'm sure it's being used (otherwise your apps wouldn't work properly
even when you source GNUstep.sh).
The GNUstep.conf file is used to tell GNUstep applications where to
find their resources ... it's NOT used to tell your shell or window
manager where to find libraries and executables (after all, your shell
doesn't know anything about it).
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