[Pythonmac-SIG] Can I set an environment variable with py2app?

[Christopher Barker]

Hi folks,

I was using the Peppy editor, and it's spell checker relies on 
PyEnchant, which uses ctypes to use the enchant lib. I am using a 
macports enchant, so I had an environment variable set so that PyEnchant 
could find it:

export PYENCHANT_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/local/lib/libenchant.dylib

This worked just great when I started Peppy from the command line, but 
when I started it from an application bundle, it failed, which I'm 
pretty sure is because apps started in bundles don't have the shell's 
environment variables.

I think there is a way to set a "global" environment variable in a plist 
somewhere, but I think it might be better to set it in the App bundle -- 
is there a way to do that?

For the moment, I've hacked the enchant module to look in the macports 
location, but I don't know if the maintainer will want to make that a 
permanent change. If he does, what would be the path to a fink enchant 
lib? we might as well add that too!

-Chris




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