Comments on: Macports, and Erlang: Setting up Emacs and your $MANPATH http://blog.peopleareducks.com/2009/12/02/macports-and-erlang-setting-up-emacs-and-your-manpath/ not at all like a diatribe Wed, 19 May 2010 16:35:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Macports updates their Erlang version @ Technitribe http://blog.peopleareducks.com/2009/12/02/macports-and-erlang-setting-up-emacs-and-your-manpath/comment-page-1/#comment-70 Macports updates their Erlang version @ Technitribe Wed, 03 Feb 2010 05:08:40 +0000 http://blog.peopleareducks.com/?p=101#comment-70 [...] you fix your Emacs load-path to register the new location. (See my older post on how to initially set up Erlang and Emacs from MacPorts from [...] [...] you fix your Emacs load-path to register the new location. (See my older post on how to initially set up Erlang and Emacs from MacPorts from [...]

]]> By: Bill Robertson http://blog.peopleareducks.com/2009/12/02/macports-and-erlang-setting-up-emacs-and-your-manpath/comment-page-1/#comment-56 Bill Robertson Sat, 05 Dec 2009 01:03:34 +0000 http://blog.peopleareducks.com/?p=101#comment-56 Very interesting. I'll take a look at that. Thanks! Very interesting. I’ll take a look at that. Thanks!

]]> By: tbielawa http://blog.peopleareducks.com/2009/12/02/macports-and-erlang-setting-up-emacs-and-your-manpath/comment-page-1/#comment-54 tbielawa Fri, 04 Dec 2009 09:20:24 +0000 http://blog.peopleareducks.com/?p=101#comment-54 Bill, In /etc/ there's another file, "profile", which is executed each time a new shell is launched much like your ~/.bashrc files. Inside of /etc/profile you can see the application that runs which compiles the $*PATH variables from the /etc/*paths.d folders. /usr/libexec/path_helper Check out the man page for path_helper. It looks like it will only update $MANPATH with items from the manpaths.d folder if you are already updating it yourself!? From the man page: "The MANPATH environment variable will not be modified unless it is already set in the environment." Here's my setup: $ grep MANPATH .bash_profile MANPATH=$MANPATH:~/share/doc/man export MANPATH <tbielawa>@(expressomaker)[~] 04:17:19 $ echo $MANPATH /usr/share/man:/usr/local/share/man:/opt/local/lib/erlang/man:/usr/local/git/share/man:/usr/X11/share/man:/Users/tbielawa/share/doc/man Bill,

In /etc/ there’s another file, “profile”, which is executed each time a new shell is launched much like your ~/.bashrc files. Inside of /etc/profile you can see the application that runs which compiles the $*PATH variables from the /etc/*paths.d folders.

/usr/libexec/path_helper

Check out the man page for path_helper. It looks like it will only update $MANPATH with items from the manpaths.d folder if you are already updating it yourself!?

From the man page: “The MANPATH environment variable will not be modified unless it is already set in the environment.”

Here’s my setup:

$ grep MANPATH .bash_profile
MANPATH=$MANPATH:~/share/doc/man
export MANPATH
@(expressomaker)[~] 04:17:19
$ echo $MANPATH
/usr/share/man:/usr/local/share/man:/opt/local/lib/erlang/man:/usr/local/git/share/man:/usr/X11/share/man:/Users/tbielawa/share/doc/man

]]> By: Bill Robertson http://blog.peopleareducks.com/2009/12/02/macports-and-erlang-setting-up-emacs-and-your-manpath/comment-page-1/#comment-53 Bill Robertson Fri, 04 Dec 2009 04:39:50 +0000 http://blog.peopleareducks.com/?p=101#comment-53 Having trouble with the man path. I think I did what you said. created the file, here it is... bills-macbook-pro:manpaths.d bill$ cd /etc/manpaths.d bills-macbook-pro:manpaths.d bill$ ls -al total 8 drwxr-xr-x 4 root wheel 136 Dec 3 23:29 . drwxr-xr-x 94 root wheel 3196 Dec 3 20:56 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 19 Jul 11 02:29 X11 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 26 Dec 3 23:27 erlang It contains the right value, and erlang's man files are there... bills-macbook-pro:manpaths.d bill$ cat erlang /opt/local/lib/erlang/man bills-macbook-pro:manpaths.d bill$ ls /opt/local/lib/erlang/man/ man1 man3 man4 man6 The file ends with a blank line... bills-macbook-pro:manpaths.d bill$ od -c erlang 0000000 / o p t / l o c a l / l i b / e 0000020 r l a n g / m a n \n 0000032 No joy... bills-macbook-pro:manpaths.d bill$ echo $MANPATH /opt/local/share/man: Restarted terminal program, logged out, and just for kicks I rebooted the machine. No difference. Any suggestions? Having trouble with the man path. I think I did what you said.

created the file, here it is…
bills-macbook-pro:manpaths.d bill$ cd /etc/manpaths.d
bills-macbook-pro:manpaths.d bill$ ls -al
total 8
drwxr-xr-x 4 root wheel 136 Dec 3 23:29 .
drwxr-xr-x 94 root wheel 3196 Dec 3 20:56 ..
-rw-r–r– 1 root wheel 19 Jul 11 02:29 X11
-rw-r–r– 1 root wheel 26 Dec 3 23:27 erlang

It contains the right value, and erlang’s man files are there…
bills-macbook-pro:manpaths.d bill$ cat erlang
/opt/local/lib/erlang/man
bills-macbook-pro:manpaths.d bill$ ls /opt/local/lib/erlang/man/
man1 man3 man4 man6

The file ends with a blank line…
bills-macbook-pro:manpaths.d bill$ od -c erlang
0000000 / o p t / l o c a l / l i b / e
0000020 r l a n g / m a n \n
0000032

No joy…
bills-macbook-pro:manpaths.d bill$ echo $MANPATH
/opt/local/share/man:

Restarted terminal program, logged out, and just for kicks I rebooted the machine. No difference.

Any suggestions?

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