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From: ficnar@ecf.toronto.edu (FICNAR FRANK G)
Subject: XMan and the directories it searches
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Organization: University of Toronto, Engineering Computing Facility
Date: Sun, 9 Jul 1995 02:39:30 GMT
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Hello,
I have a slight problem I was hoping somebody might have a solution
for. Currently, my system is setup so that logins happen through xdm. Thus,
users don't have to log in to a text session and then start X. Now, the only
way I know to get Xman to search ALL the man directories I have on my system
is to set the MANPATH variable so that it points to all man directories.
However, I like to start Xman from my window manager through a desktop menu
and I don't know how to set the MANPATH variable for that particular session.
If I start an xterm and run xman from there it works fine because the xman
process is 'linked' to the xterm session which has a MANPATH set. However,
I don't know how to set variables for processes started within my window
manager (ctwm). Without using xdm it worked fine from the menu because the
users initial login session set MANPATH and everything started from that login
inherited this variable, including X and every application running under X.
I have a feeling this is as clear as mud but I hope somebody out there knows
what I am trying to get at. Basically, I want to know ...
1) how does one configure the path Xman searches through?
2) if the above requires a MANPATH variable, how does one set
this for an Xman not started from an environment from which it
can inherit the proper MANPATH variable?
Thanks for your help.
Frank Ficnar
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