Re: PATH

Gary Johnson wrote:
> On 2012-09-11, Bee wrote:
> > Both MacVim and Mac terminal vim use the PATH I have set.
> >
> > vim-app, a gui version of terminal vim compiled from MacPorts vim-app
> > @7.3.646_0, does NOT use my PATH.
> >
> > I found it did not work when trying
> > :r !gcal
> > (/bin/bash: line 1: gcal: command not found)
> >
> > How would I get vim-app to start with my PATH?
>
> I'm not all that familiar with Macs, but some Unix principles may
> apply. The window manager that starts your vim-app has to see the
> correct PATH in its environment as it starts. This usually means
> setting PATH in your ~/.profile, not in your ~/.bashrc. You'll also
> have to restart your window manager, e.g. by logging out and back
> in, for the new PATH to have any effect.
>
> > This did not work ( :help path )
> > :set path=.,/opt/local/bin,/opt/local/sbin
>
> That's the wrong path. 'path' is a Vim option. See ":help 'path'".
> What you want is the environment variable PATH which Vim refers to
> as $PATH. This should work:
>
> :let $PATH = $PATH . ':/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin'
>
> HTH,
> Gary

Thank you, Gary.

The /opt/local is the MacPorts base,
it is important that it is search first.

:let $PATH = ':/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:' . $PATH

And it works great.

Bill

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