Re: [Bug: 21.4.15] [python-mode] when run from python-mode.C+!, the sys.path is not set from environment

David> If I set my own python library into the environment var David> "PYTHONPATH" then launch 'python' from the shell, the python var David> shell.path is set to PYTHONPATH plus other stuff - as the Python David> Library Manual says it ought to be. ... David> However, if I set up an Xemacs Python Shell thus: David> Buffer: '*Python*', David> python-mode, C+! David> I get "Using Cpython Interpreter", yadda yadda yadda ... David> shows that the path is NOT being correctly set up. ... Hmm... Works for me (pasted from a shell buffer): % env | grep PYTHON PYTHONSTARTUP=/Users/skip/.python.py % . ~/.bashrc % env | grep PYTHON PYTHONSTARTUP=/Users/skip/.python.py % export PYTHONPATH=/path/to/somewhere % python Python 2.4b1 (#52, Oct 17 2004, 13:54:51) [GCC 3.3 20030304 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 1493)] on darwin Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. ['/Users/skip/misc/python/python2', '/Users/skip/misc/python', '', '/Users/skip/local/lib/python2.4', '/Users/skip/local/lib/python2.4/plat-darwin', '/Users/skip/local/lib/python2.4/plat-mac', '/Users/skip/local/lib/python2.4/plat-mac/lib-scriptpackages', '/Users/skip/local/lib/python2.4/lib-tk', '/Users/skip/local/lib/python2.4/lib-dynload', '/Users/skip/local/lib/python2.4/site-packages', '/Users/skip/local/lib/automatrix/python'] % python -S Python 2.4b1 (#52, Oct 17 2004, 13:54:51) [GCC 3.3 20030304 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 1493)] on darwin ['/Users/skip/misc/python/python2', '/Users/skip/misc/python', '', '/Users/skip/local/lib/python2.4/', '/Users/skip/local/lib/python2.4/plat-darwin', '/Users/skip/local/lib/python2.4/plat-mac', '/Users/skip/local/lib/python2.4/plat-mac/lib-scriptpackages', '/Users/skip/local/lib/python2.4/lib-tk', '/Users/skip/local/lib/python2.4/lib-dynload'] % unset PYTHONSTARTUP % python -S Python 2.4b1 (#52, Oct 17 2004, 13:54:51) [GCC 3.3 20030304 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 1493)] on darwin ['', '/path/to/somewhere', '/Users/skip/local/lib/python24.zip', '/Users/skip/local/lib/python2.4/', '/Users/skip/local/lib/python2.4/plat-darwin', '/Users/skip/local/lib/python2.4/plat-mac', '/Users/skip/local/lib/python2.4/plat-mac/lib-scriptpackages', '/Users/skip/local/lib/python2.4/lib-tk', '/Users/skip/local/lib/python2.4/lib-dynload'] Note that because I fart around with sys.path in my PYTHONSTARTUP file I needed to unset that variable to get things to start right. Also, running the interpreter with the -S flag when trying to debug these sorts of problems will disable import of the site module and thus eliminate it as a suspect. (I'm not saying you're necessarily incorrect in your assertion, just that you haven't eliminated all local sources that are out of XEmacs's and Python's control.) -- Skip Montanaro skip(a)mojam.com http://www.mojam.com/