On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 9:14 PM, Enrico Forestieri wrote: > On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 07:04:09PM -0500, Ben M. wrote: >> Yes, there must be a better way. For instance, I noticed that an >> executed command inherits its environment from LyX, e.g. "PATH >> prefix." Why not create environment variables for all the relevant >> paths? > > This is a possibility. The script could be modified such that to put > ahead the paths if the relevant evironment variables exist. Thus, you > simply have to set those variables before launching lyx.
I have yet to find the code which inserts "PATH prefix" into PATH. My hope is to modify during (not before) runtime the environments of child processes launched by LyX. Is this possible? -Ben