PATH in xterm

[markd at macports.org]

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 <ryandesign at macports.org> 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?