hello

probably there are a better ways, like rc maintainng a `namespace`/env fs,
so it reads that fs creating the environment correspondant to that namespace
when started or simmiliar, but in lunix way (and with other shells) you can
use one script to launch acme that executes the arguments of the Local
script after the acme launch :-?

start_acme.sh
#/bin/bash

acme &
while a=read(named_pipe_or_simmilar); do
   $a
done;


And Local
#!/bin/bash
echo $* > named_pipe_or_simmilar

So Local export var=var could make var available

Also not sure if plumber would help you instead of using pipes.

My corporate pc barely allows me to reply emails, so this is not tested ;)

gabi


On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 11:39 AM, hugo rivera <uair00@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello,
> the man page for acme on p9p reads
>
> Local In the Plan 9 acme, this prefix causes a command to be run in
> acme'sown file name space and environment variable group. On
> Unix this is impossible...
>
> is there any other way to define environment variables for acme while
> it's running?
> On plan9, Local var=val sets var and then all other commands I execute
> with a middle click see $var. On some ocasions this is very useful.
>
> --
> Hugo
>
>