branch: elpa/exec-path-from-shell
commit 18cad603c45c5544e8a9666be64d0c51bbc1af90
Author: Steve Purcell <[email protected]>
Commit: GitHub <[email protected]>
Mention applicability to running a daemon from systemd
Fixes #99
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README.md | 11 ++++++++++-
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7ba024b6db..9f7acccafc 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ Ever find that a command works in your shell, but not in
Emacs?
This happens a lot on OS X, where an Emacs instance launched as a GUI app
inherits a
default minimal set of environment variables that are probably not the ones
you see
-in a terminal window.
+in a terminal window. Similarly, if you start Emacs as a daemon from `systemd`
or `launchd`,
+it will run with a default set of environment variables.
This library solves this problem by copying important environment
variables from the user's shell: it works by asking your shell to print out the
@@ -60,6 +61,14 @@ Add the following to your `init.el` (after calling
`package-initialize`):
This sets `$MANPATH`, `$PATH` and `exec-path` from your shell, but only
when executed in a GUI frame on OS X and Linux.
+If you launch Emacs as a daemon from `systemd` or similar, you
+might like to use the following snippet:
+
+```el
+(when (daemonp)
+ (exec-path-from-shell-initialize))
+```
+
You can copy values of other environment variables by customizing
`exec-path-from-shell-variables` before invoking
`exec-path-from-shell-initialize`, or by calling
