For the benefit of others, I'll summarize: Apple X11 doesn't read in the Fink environment, so that apps in the Application menu don't know about /sw . You can run some apps with "/sw/bin/<appname>", but you will have problems with any application that runs another application to do some of its functions: e.g. xfig-->fig2dev, emacs-->ispell.
This doesn't happen, by the way, from a terminal, because your Fink environment initialization does get used. On Thu, 2003-04-03 at 13:29, Ron Teather wrote: > Bingo! > > I was running xfig from the application menu, using the command > "/sw/bin/xfig" (this syntax works for the other apps I run from the > X11 application menu). However, it seems it doesn't work properly with > xfig. > > "<fontfamily><param>Courier</param>source /sw/bin/init.sh ; xfig" > fixed both the startup and the export problems. > > Thanks very much for your help! > > </fontfamily> > > On Wednesday, April 2, 2003, at 06:37 PM, Alexander Hansen wrote: > > <excerpt> > > Apple's X11, eh? Are you running xfig from the Application menu? If > > that's what's going on, then there's a piece of documentation that will > > help: > > > http://fink.sourceforge.net/faq/usage-general.php#apple-x11-applications-menu > > > On Wed, 2 Apr 2003, Ron Teather wrote: > > > <excerpt>Yes, that's there. > > > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 1095740 Mar 23 10:56 fig2dev > > > Are there any other details on my installation that might help? Among > > things that might conceivably interact, I also have TeTex, TexShop, and > > Lyx installed, and I'm using Apple's X11 > > > > On Wednesday, April 2, 2003, at 11:53 AM, Alexander Hansen wrote: > > <excerpt> > > Is /sw/bin/fig2dev present on your system? > > <excerpt><excerpt> > > On Wed, 2003-04-02 at 11:00, Ron Teather wrote: > > <excerpt>Thanks for the quick response. Sadly, it doesn't seem to be > that > > easy. I did have the current version of "app-defaults" (20010814-2) > > installed. I tried a rebuild on that package, but Xfig came back > > with the same error on opening. Any suggestions for things to try next? > > > > On Tuesday, April 1, 2003, at 08:23 PM, Alexander Hansen wrote: > > > <excerpt>It looks like there may be a missing dependency. Try > installing > > the > > "app-defaults" package. > > > On Tue, 1 Apr 2003, Ron Teather wrote: > > > <excerpt>This is a very rare case of something installed by Fink not > > running > > correctly. (I'm very grateful to the Fink developers and > > maintainers!) > > > I'm running the current stable release of Fink on OS X 10.2.4, > > and > > installed the current stable Xfig (3.2.4-2) and transfig > > (3.2.4-2) > > today. Xfig opens with the error message > > > "Either you have a very old app-defaults file installed (Fig), > > or there is none installed at all. > > You should install the correct version or you may lose some > > features. > > This may be done with "make install" in the xfig source directory" > > > Xfig seems to work, but export fails with the error message > > > "Error during EXPORT. Messages: > > sh: fig2dev: command not found" > > > I was able to find an earlier report of this problem in the > > Fink-beginners archive, but the suggested solution (run "source > > /sw/bin/init.csh") did not help. > > > Any suggestions? I imagine I'm missing something pretty simple, > > but > > I'm > > a beginner. > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > This SF.net email is sponsored by: ValueWeb: > > Dedicated Hosting for just $79/mo with 500 GB of bandwidth! > > No other company gives more support or power for your dedicated > > server > > http://click.atdmt.com/AFF/go/sdnxxaff00300020aff/direct/01/ > > _______________________________________________ > > Fink-beginners mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners > > > </excerpt> > > -- > > Alexander K. Hansen > > Associate Research Scientist, Columbia University > > visiting MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center > > Levitated Dipole Experiment > > 175 Albany Street, NW17-219 > > Cambridge, MA 02139-4213 > > > </excerpt></excerpt>-- > > Alexander K. Hansen > > Associate Research Scientist, Columbia University > > visiting MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center > > Levitated Dipole Experiment > > 175 Albany Street, NW17-219 > > Cambridge, MA 02139-4213 > > > </excerpt></excerpt>-- > > Alexander K. Hansen > > Associate Research Scientist, Columbia University > > visiting MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center > > Levitated Dipole Experiment > > 175 Albany Street, NW17-219 > > Cambridge, MA 02139-4213 > > > </excerpt> > > > </excerpt> > > -- > > Alexander K. Hansen > > Associate Research Scientist, Columbia University > > visiting MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center > > Levitated Dipole Experiment > > 175 Albany Street, NW17-219 > > Cambridge, MA 02139-4213 > > > </excerpt> -- Alexander K. 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