hey.. i don't know much about this, but i do know if you open most kind of terminals in x with the argument -ls (or sometimes -ln, depending on what you use) it forces the reading of the current user's .bash_profile or .bashrc. not sure where you'd set it otherwise... might try /etc/profile, although outside of x a user's own .bash_profile will override these global settings. just some thoughts...
-------------------------------------------------------- add|t|on, [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://e0i-cyberpimps.virtualave.net help, I got sucked into /dev/null -------------------------------------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: Marc Mongeon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Sent: Friday, May 21, 1999 9:56 AM Subject: Re: Environment variables and X > Look in the wdm man pages for a profile that wdm executes on > startup (I would be very surprised if there wasn't one), in that > file, source your .profile or .bashrc or both: > > . $HOME/.profile > > Put the definition of HTTP_PROXY in .profile or .bashrc. Make > sure you export it: > > export HTTP_PROXY=your.proxy > > Sorry, I don't have wdm installed and I couldn't find an on-line > man page for it, so I can't give you the name of the wdm profile. > > Marc > > ---------- > Marc Mongeon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Unix Specialist > Ban-Koe Systems > 9100 W Bloomington Fwy > Bloomington, MN 55431-2200 > (612)888-0123, x417 | FAX: (612)888-3344 > ---------- > "It's such a fine line between clever and stupid." > -- David St. Hubbins and Nigel Tufnel of "Spinal Tap" > > > >>> Arcady Genkin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 05/21 1:30 AM >>> > Hi all: > > Where is the proper place to set environment variables, so that they > would propagate to X apps? > > I need to set HTTP_PROXY variable (for Xemacs/W3). I found out that > neither ~/.bashrc nor ~/.profile are parsed during login into GUI (I'm > using wdm FWIW). I start Xemacs with a shortcut (not from an xterm). > > Thanks! > > -- > Arcady Genkin > ============= > ... without money one gets nothing in this world, not even a certificate > of eternal blessedness in the other world... (S. Kierkegaard) > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > >
