Hallo, derek holzer hat gesagt: // derek holzer wrote:
Now, about setting the environmental variable...
Where would be a good place for that? I can export LADSPA_PATH=/usr/lib/ladspa every time, but isn't that what things like the .pdrc are for? But, of course, it doesn't go there...
No, .pdrc is not a good place, as LADSPA_PATH is also used by other LADSPA enabled applications. Normally you would put things like that into /etc/profile or ~/.bash_profile rsp. .bashrc I use /etc/environment and ~/.environment for that, and source this file in .xsession and similar places. Example:
# ~/.environment # ... PAGER=less LADSPA_PATH=/usr/lib/ladspa/:$HOME/lib/ladspa # ...
Then in ~/.bash_profile I have this:
# source and export env:
if [ -f ~/.environment ] ; then
. ~/.environment
for n in grep -v ^# ~/.environment | cut -s -d= -f1; do export $n; done
fi
and I do the same in ~/.xsession
The advantage is, that .environment contains just simple "var=value" pairs and I can extend or shorten the list very easily. (.environment is also used by ssh, BTW.)
ciao
Frank Barknecht _ ______footils.org__