On Sat, Feb 8, 2014 at 7:30 PM, CW Alston <cwalsto...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi -
> Ok, I've upgraded using factor-macosx-x86-32-2013-07-25-14-21.dmg,
> still Version 0.97. Same issue with Factor's "which":
>
> IN: scratchpad USE: tools.which
> IN: scratchpad "couchdb" which .
> f
>
> IN: scratchpad "python" which .
> "/usr/bin/python"
>
> - The trouble appears to be with reporting my PATH properly, via getenv:
>
> IN: scratchpad USE: environment
> IN: scratchpad "PATH" os-env .
> "/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin"
>
> IN: scratchpad USE: unix.ffi
> IN: scratchpad "PATH" getenv .
> "/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin"
>
> IN: scratchpad \ getenv see
> USING: alien.c-types alien.syntax ;
> IN: unix.ffi
> LIBRARY: libc FUNCTION: c-string getenv ( c-string name ) ;
> inline
>
> - Here's my actual PATH, as seen in the terminal:
>
> ➜ ~ git:(master) ✗ echo $PATH
>
> /usr/local/bin:/usr/local/opt/ruby/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/Users/cwalston/factor:/Users/cwalston/bin:/usr/local/go/bin:/usr/local/lib/node_modules:/usr/local/narwhal/bin:/usr/texbin:/usr/X11/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/Users/cwalston/.gem/ruby/1.8/bin:/Applications/Mozart.app/Contents/Resources/bin
>
> - whereby which correctly finds couchdb:
>
> ➜ ~ git:(master) ✗ which couchdb
> /usr/local/bin/couchdb
>
> So, Factor's "which" (et al.) doesn't search beyond
> /usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin.
>
> Reading through man getenv (GETENV(3), on OSX 10.6.8 ), doesn't give me
> a clue as to how to rectify this short-sightedness via the libc getenv.
>
> This is probably a side issue to my docsplit quandary (but maybe not).
> Anyone see a way to report my actual PATH to "which" in Factor? My PATH is
> augmented in my .zshrc. I don't understand why the libc function doesn't
> read it. Odd, indeed!
>
> If you're starting Factor from the Finder, you're not going to get a PATH
set from your .profile or other shell dotfiles, since UI apps are launched
under the loginwindow session and not under any shell. To set environment
variables for UI apps, try setting them in ~/.MacOSX/environment.plist:
https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/MacOSX/Conceptual/BPRuntimeConfig/Articles/EnvironmentVars.html
-Joe
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