Richard Frith-Macdonald-2 wrote:
>
>
> On 20 May 2008, at 19:22, Rubens_Septimus wrote:
>
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> Something I'm trying to understand : I build
several things
>> (gnustep-startup, GWorkspace) and all seemed to get
well done.
>> After that, I tried to load GWorkspace. But openapp
was not found
>> and it
>> failed.
>> I had to add the source GNUstep.sh in my .bashrc to
be able to launch
>> GWorkspace : after that, I can launch it from an
Xterm with either
>> method :
>>
>> GWorkspace
>> openapp
/usr/GNUstep/System/Applications/GWorkspace.app
>>
/usr/GNUstep/System/Applications/GWorkspace.app/GWorkspace
>>
>> But, if I try to do it from a docked icon within
WindowMaker, it
>> complains
>> that the execution of the command failed with
either method...
>>
>> So I wonder :
>> 1°) Why I need to add the source GNUstep.sh in
.bashrc to exec an
>> app while
>> it is said around to be necessary only to build it,
not to exec it.
>
> At a guess ... because you have not installed GNUstep
configured to
> use the native filesystem.
> If you aren't using the native filesystem layout, then
you somehow
> have to tell your shell and window manager how to find
libraries and
> executables (because they aren't where the shell is
expecting to find
> them) ... so you either deal with that yourself, or you
can source
> GNUstep.sh to do it (among other things). Most likely
windowmaker
> doesn't know how to find the libraries because it was
started up
> before you sourced GNUstep.sh.
>
>> 2°) Why the /etc/GNUstep/GNUstep.conf
configuration file seems to be
>> useless.
>
> I'm sure it's being used (otherwise your apps wouldn't
work properly
> even when you source GNUstep.sh).
> The GNUstep.conf file is used to tell GNUstep
applications where to
> find their resources ... it's NOT used to tell your
shell or window
> manager where to find libraries and executables (after
all, your shell
> doesn't know anything about it).
>
>
>
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Thanks Richard for these acknowledgments (not sure the word
is good - I
apologize my poor English).
So if I understand well, I can work around :
- building all again with a --configure=something that
choose the native
file-system : how ?
or
- changing the default X loading from GDM to deal with an
xsession or an
xinit which source GNUstep.sh before loading wmaker. Maybe
the best way,
because I want to try then with differents WindowManagers
like Openbox and
then Azalea (But I don't know if Azalea is quite stable
enough to a daily
use).
Patrick
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