[OS X Emacs] Environment variables and Aquamacs 2.0

[David Reitter]

George,
thanks for your kind words.

I'm interesting in fixing the problem in Aquamacs if there is any.

What is the value of `shell-file-name' in your Aquamacs?
Also, please have a look at your *Messages* buffer.  For me, near the top, it says something like this:

"46 environment variables imported from login shell (/bin/bash)."

This should give you an indication of whether the import is working.

There is no need to use Environment.plist, especially not in 10.6 (this mechanism is obsolete).

Best
- David


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On May 26, 2010, at 12:25 PM, George Nurser wrote:

> Hi,
> First to say that I have been using Aquamacs 2.0 for a few months now
> and I am really very impressed. It's now a really nice application.
> 
> My problem is a fairly standard one I think, though. In the Aquamacs
> manual under changes to v1.2a it states
> 'Aquamacs has always imported the environment from the login shell,
> e.g. any environment variable you might have set in your
> ~/.bash_profile'
> 
> However, (running Aquamacs from a Dock icon, 10.6.3) this does not
> appear to be the case.
> If I do e.g.
> M: (getenv USER)
> I get
> Debugger entered--Lisp error: (void-variable USER)
>  (getenv USER)
>  eval((getenv USER))
>  eval-expression((getenv USER) nil)
> 
> I get the same for other environment variables that I have explicitly
> exported in my ~/.bash_profile
> 
> So, do I have to change the environment.plist, or is there a less
> invasive way of getting environment variables into Aquamacs?
> 
> --George.
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