Edex-ui: Add a custom env setting

[tandriamil]

Hi,

I don't know how environment variables are managed, but they are not consistent between my standard terminal (MacOS) and the terminal opened in edex-UI.

$PATH value for standard terminal :
/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.5/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/Library/TeX/texbin:/opt/X11/bin

$PATH value for Edex-UI terminal :
/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin

MacOS version : Mojave - 10.14.1
eDex-UI version : 1.1.1

Thank you.

[GitSquared]

Uh, those 2 $PATH variables you provided are exactly the same.

[tandriamil]

Sorry, did not check after copy/paste. I edited the original post, the $PATH environment variable into Edex-UI terminal is valued to /usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin.

When looking at the way of path handling on MacOS, I think that you could just add the content of the following files to $PATH :

• /etc/paths : text file containing one path per line.
• /etc/paths.d/* : multiple files, each file containing additional paths.

[GitSquared]

Currently the shell process' environment is set from the process.env variable, which means it just gets the same env as the electron application. See this relevant code.

I don't plan to add complex, system-specific modifications to the default env - i know env handling on macOS is kind of messy compared to other systems, with the terminal emulator(s) doing a lot more work to provide usable variables - but I might consider adding a custom env option to the settings.

This will need some time, though - and I'm currently taking a bit of a break to work on some paid stuff instead, eDEX has an operating cost.

As always thanks for the report.

[tandriamil]

Okay, anyway it is just for convenience.

Thank you for this project, and the quick response.
Have a good day ! 😄

[tolerious]

so, how can I edit the setting.json to the right? adding env variable? @tandriamil @GitSquared