Setting environment variables in Max OSX
Any a developer switching from linux to mac, the way to set environment variables is similar yet different enough that is annoying at times. I have so far failed to find a good documentation on where and how to set those in mac osx. Today I found one here.
My takeaway:
Mac OS X applies .bash_profile and .profile only for Terminal.app environment and Apple’s technical documentation suggests using ~/.MacOSX/environment.plist for other applications. So, by default PATH value will differ for RubyMine and the console.
For managing the global environments, it also recommends a system preference pane app. This worked for me.
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