PATH ~/bin under gnome

[Todd Slater]

On 11/21/06, Peter Garrett <peter.garrett at optusnet.com.au> wrote:
> On Mon, 20 Nov 2006 17:45:40 -0500
> "Todd Slater" <dontodd at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On 11/20/06, rodrigochinaski <rodrigo.chinaski at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Greetings...
> > >
> > > I would like to add my ~/bin in the PATH. I already uncommented the
> > > following lines on my ~/.bash_profile, but it only works on the console,
> > > not on the gnome environment.
> > >
> > >
> > > # set PATH so it includes user's private bin if it exists
> > > if [ -d ~/bin ] ; then
> > >     PATH="${PATH}":~/bin
> > > fi
> > >
> > > What's the "cleanest" way to do this?
> >
> > Just add that to the end of your ~/.bashrc file. You'll probably have
> > to log out and back in for it to take effect.
>
> No. Gnome doesn't read ~/.bashrc - it only applies to the console
> or terminal emulators.
>
> I think the file to use would be ~/.gnomerc , which doesn't exist by
> default, but is executed if present when you log in to GNOME.
>
> Edit: Just tried it and it works as I suggested . An Xdialog script in
> ~/bin "works" with it, and so does ~/bin/mailspeak  ;) -
>
> #!/bin/bash
> # "Just for fun"
> echo " `echo $USER`. you have mail" | festival --tts

I only call items in ~/bin from a terminal so adding it to ~/.bashrc
works for me. How else do you call those scripts?

Todd