On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 09:33:15PM -0500, Ben M. wrote: > 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?
Yes, grep for prependEnvPath. -- Enrico
