Re: [gedit-list] external tool path?

[John Kitzmiller <jkitzm gmail com>]

Message: 2
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 12:07:02 -0700
From: Doug McNutt <douglist macnauchtan com>


At 13:01 -0500 11/11/08, John Kitzmiller wrote:
>This plea is about gedit on Dell Mini 9 Ubuntu version (hardy). My
daily
>machine is Dell XPS m1330 with hardy.
>
>On the latter (laptop) I made external tool to compile Metapost code:
>
>#!/bin/sh
>mpost "$GEDIT_CURRENT_DOCUMENT_NAME"
>
>All works fine, e.g.:
>
>       Running tool: metapost
>       This is MetaPost, Version 1.005 (Web2C 7.5.5)
>       (spigot.mp [0] [1] [2] [3] )
>       4 output files written: spigot0.mps .. spigot3.mps
>       Transcript written on spigot.log.
>       Done.
>
>On the mini, the same external tool gives:
>
>       Running tool: metapost
>       This is MetaPost, Version 1.005 (Web2C 7.5.5)
>       /home/john/.gnome2/gedit/tools/metapost: 11: spigot.mp not found
>       **
>       ! End of file on the terminal... why?
>       Exited 32512
>
>I think the 'not found' error comes from gedit. It is in red on my
>screen which is unlike other metapost error messages I get (with
>alarming frequency ;-) which are always in black and preceded with ! as
>the eof error above.
>
>echo $PATH gives exactly the same results on both machines

Try:
$GEDIT_CURRENT_DOCUMENT_PATH

Instead of
$GEDIT_CURRENT_DOCUMENT_NAME

$GEDIT_CWD, id the current directory that gedit has in mind which is 
likely NOT the same on both machines. I think it depends on just how 
gedit was invoked.  Try a quickie tool that, for me, looks like this:

#!/bin/tcsh
setenv

That will return all of gedit's environment variables to the 
insertion point of an open document if you set the conditions for the 
tool appropriately.  $PATH will be there. Take note of gedit's 
environment variables that refer to multiple open tabs. The way they 
deal with spaces is an invitation to real problems if a file name has 
a space in it.

The external tool path, which I think is not what you mean: is

$HOME/.gnome2/gedit/tools/

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Thanks Doug. I fixed the metapost tool by re-entering the commands. It
seems there was a line-feed or carriage return hidden between 'mpost'
and the "$GEDIT variable. In any case, it works now, however,...

I am intrigued by the quick tool you suggested which I cannot get to
work yet, but will keep trying. Any hints for setting the conditions?

Thanks,
John