Hi Steven,
On Sunday 01 November 2009 09:32 PM, Steven W. Orr wrote:
On 10/31/09 03:39, quoth Jonathan Ryshpan:
IT IS WRONG to set environment variables in your .bashrc unless you really know what you're doing. Most people don't. IT IS WRONG to have to run a terminal emulator program with the idea that it should be a login shell. ALL PROGRAMS use the environment, not just terminal emulators. If you log in then your environment should be defined.
What is your comment on the method I posted, have your .bash_profile source your .bashrc ? That way you have a consistent environment every time, irrespective of whether I am at an xterm or VT or simply running some GUI app from a menu or icon. (I am of course assuming my desktop environment sources my .bash_profile, as it should, when I login :) )
Would you say that is a proper way to do things?