On 2008-March-15 , at 17:55 , Jay Soffian wrote:

On Sat, Mar 15, 2008 at 12:43 PM, Alan Curtis alan.curtis@gmail.com wrote:

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How do I use textmate with the macports python which is

/opt/local/bin/python2.4

TextMate -> Preferences -> Advanced -> Shell Variables

Variable | Value ----------+------------------------- TM_PYTHON | /opt/local/bin/python2.4

Or if you want all you GUI apps to benefit from the newer/alternative versions (of python, ruby, whatever...) that you have in MacPorts, add MacPorts' path to ~/.MacOSX/environment.plist .... <key>PATH</key> <string>/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:/Developer/Tools:/usr/ local/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin</string> ....

Some will probably consider that evil since it changes the defaults for every app on your system. I personally consider that when I install a newer version of some program, I actually mean to use it ;) (and not necessarily only on the command line). The caveat could be that some apps rely on the older versions provided by Apple with the system. I have used this settings for more than a year, in Tiger and Leopard and never noticed a hiccup (I had macports version of perl, python and ruby on Tiger, not so much on Leopard since Apple updated all those).

JiHO --- http://jo.irisson.free.fr/