[Emacs-diffs] Changes to emacs/etc/PROBLEMS

[Steven Tamm]

Index: emacs/etc/PROBLEMS
diff -c emacs/etc/PROBLEMS:1.165 emacs/etc/PROBLEMS:1.166
*** emacs/etc/PROBLEMS:1.165    Mon May 10 21:31:34 2004
--- emacs/etc/PROBLEMS  Sun May 30 00:35:44 2004
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  This file describes various problems that have been encountered
  in compiling, installing and running GNU Emacs.
  
+ * Environment Variables from dotfiles are ignored with Mac OS X (Carbon).
+ 
+ When starting Emacs from the Dock or the Finder on Mac OS X, the
+ environment variables that are set up in dotfiles, such as .cshrc or
+ .profile, are ignored.  This is because the Finder and Dock are not
+ started from a shell, but instead from the Window Manager itself.
+ 
+ The workaround for this is to create a .MacOSX/environment.plist file to
+ setup these environment variables.  These environment variables will
+ apply to all processes regardless of where they are started.
+ For me information, see http://developer.apple.com/qa/qa2001/qa1067.html.
+ 
  * Segfault on GNU/Linux using certain recent versions of the Linux kernel.
  
  With certain recent Linux kernels (like the one of Redhat Fedora Core