[AUCTeX] Re: Package doesn't recognize my Fink teTeX installation

[Chad Groft]

On 9 May 2005, at 7:06 AM, Christian Schlauer wrote:

> > > The general problem is that Fink installs its packages into a
> > > separate directory /sw/bin, which is not included in the usual
> > > $PATH.  Fink's setup includes creating a file called ".profile" in
> > > my home directory which adds /sw/bin (among others) to $PATH when I
> > > work in Terminal.  Emacs, though, doesn't look at this file at all,
> > > and thus doesn't normally see the outside utilities.
> >
> > <snip>
>
> <snip>
> The `Technical Q&A QA1255'
> at <URL:http://developer.apple.com> describes how to set environment
> variables for applications that are started from the finder: these
> environment variables are set in the file ~/.MacOSX/environment.plist,
> which follows a special syntax described in `Technical Q&A Q1067'.
> Note that you have to log off and on again for the changes to take
> effect.

This has solved my problem.  Everything works perfectly now.  Thank you!

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