[TxMt] [Ruby--PATH] no such file to load -- ubygems

[jeanpierre at gmail.com]

On 12/6/06, James Edward Gray II <james at grayproductions.net> wrote:
> On Dec 6, 2006, at 2:12 AM, yt.mac at free.fr wrote:
>
> > Is their a way to change the PATH for TextMate ?
>
> Sure is.  Read the "Important" paragraph found at:
>
> http://macromates.com/textmate/manual/shell_commands#search_path

this does bring up an issue that i think is a source of confusion -
shells and variables set in user rc files. i wonder if it would be
possible to tweak the initialization code to handle additional shells
based on
  $SHELL
or
  niutil -readprop / /users/$USER shell

perhaps it could simulate a login shell (of the user's default) and
export the environment to be sucked back into bash_init.sh?

i know i have discussed this on IRC a few times and it has been said
that apple needs a strategy to provide this, but i really don't
understand the technical limitations that would render this task
*impossible*. can anyone outline the issues at play or possibly the
work that would be necessary to support this?

cheers,
jean-pierre