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Selecting paths on OSX leopard

Posted by bretth on 2009-03-10 17:00
OS: OS X Leopard

Using Komodi IDE alpha 2. I have loaded python 2.6 on OSX leopard. In the default python interpreter preference setting I can't change it to my new local interpreter without a workaround, and it doesn't pick up the normal terminal environment path (which I think is apple documented behaviour) so a minor irritant.

It would be better if you could manually type in a path to avoid the limitations of Finder browse.

Because the directory /usr/local/bin is hidden in finder using browse does not work to select the interpreter. Additionally even if I enable finder to show ALL hidden files, for some reason the browse function still fails to reveal the directory.

A workaround exists to create a soft link to the /usr/local/bin directory or wherever the interpreter is stored.

Preferences / Environment
jeffg | Tue, 2009-03-10 18:39

Probably the easiest way to add a directory to the PATH Komodo looks on is to go to Preferences / Environment and customize the PATH environment.

For more on how to use the Environment prefs:

http://docs.activestate.com/komodo/5.1/prefs.html#Environment

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