Ryan, I use this at the top of my /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc:
source ~/.profile In fact, that was on the InstallingMacPorts page and I erroneoudly removed it when I added the stuff about xterm. I put it pack and it should all work now. http://trac.macosforge.org/projects/macports/wiki/InstallingMacPorts There may be a better way to do it but that's what I arrived at through tips from other people. Mark Ryan Schmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Tuesday, May 22, 2007 at 3:04 PM -0800 wrote: >So I finally decided to figure out why I couldn't just type >"port" (etc.) in an X11 window. I found the section in the >installation guide: > >http://trac.macosforge.org/projects/macports/wiki/InstallingMacPorts > >> To launch X11 apps directly from an X11 window (instead of a >> terminal window), you need to have the MacPorts paths imported into >> X11 sessions when they are opened. To do this: >> >> 1. Open X11 and select "Customize Menu ..." from the >> Applications menu. >> 2. Double-click the menu item "Terminal" and change: xterm to >> xterm -ls >> 3. Click "Done" to save the change. > >This works great in that I can select "Terminal" from X11's >"Applications" menu and it opens a new xterm which knows my PATH and >I can type "port" and so forth and it knows where it is. > >However, when X11.app first opens, it automatically opens an xterm >for me, and that xterm still doesn't know my PATH. How do I teach it? _______________________________________________ macports-users mailing list macports-users@lists.macosforge.org http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-users
