# HG changeset patch
# User Steven Tamm <steventamm@mac.com>
# Date 1085877344 0
# Node ID 92338f8e9f274f249ed5902cc6cdb80a46cc0b9b
# Parent  f1d6a507dcfddb06181d8a19dea3a55cf41c2398
Document the workaround for the Mac OS X port not picking up the environment
variables from the dotfiles.

diff -r f1d6a507dcfd -r 92338f8e9f27 etc/ChangeLog
--- a/etc/ChangeLog	Sun May 30 00:18:41 2004 +0000
+++ b/etc/ChangeLog	Sun May 30 00:35:44 2004 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2004-05-29  Steven Tamm  <steventamm@mac.com>
+
+	* PROBLEMS: Document the workaround for the Mac OS X port not
+	picking up the environment variables from dotfiles.
+
 2004-05-16  Juri Linkov  <juri@jurta.org>
 
 	* TUTORIAL.pt_BR: Add coding: latin-1, sentence-end-double-space: nil.
diff -r f1d6a507dcfd -r 92338f8e9f27 etc/PROBLEMS
--- a/etc/PROBLEMS	Sun May 30 00:18:41 2004 +0000
+++ b/etc/PROBLEMS	Sun May 30 00:35:44 2004 +0000
@@ -1,6 +1,18 @@
 This file describes various problems that have been encountered
 in compiling, installing and running GNU Emacs.
 
+* Environment Variables from dotfiles are ignored with Mac OS X (Carbon).
+
+When starting Emacs from the Dock or the Finder on Mac OS X, the
+environment variables that are set up in dotfiles, such as .cshrc or
+.profile, are ignored.  This is because the Finder and Dock are not
+started from a shell, but instead from the Window Manager itself.
+
+The workaround for this is to create a .MacOSX/environment.plist file to
+setup these environment variables.  These environment variables will
+apply to all processes regardless of where they are started.
+For me information, see http://developer.apple.com/qa/qa2001/qa1067.html.
+
 * Segfault on GNU/Linux using certain recent versions of the Linux kernel.
 
 With certain recent Linux kernels (like the one of Redhat Fedora Core