[MACTCL] Environment Variables, the Mac Way

[macnerd <ma...@re...>]

I thought of a down and dirty idea that is totally Mac-like.  If we do =
an Environment
interface I would like to share it amongst Perl and Python users, and =
get them to=20
buy into it.

The ol' System stores everything in the System Folder.  This includes =
Preferences
and Extensions as well as Control Panels.

The MacPerl folks have store environment variables inside a preference =
file inside
the System folder, more specifically {System Preferences}:"MacPerl 5 =
Preferences",=20
where System Preferences refers to the "blessed" or active running =
System folder.

Inside the preferences there are some resources (PFNT, PPRF, STR#, and =
TFSS).=20
There is one string of ID #129, which simply store the environment =
variables like=20
this:

  USER=3D
  TMPDIR=3DClassical:Temporary Items:

*Classical is my drive name

When I ran DeRez in MPW I got

   data 'STR#' (129) {
      $"0002 0555 5345 523D 2154 4D50 4449 523D"            /* =
...USER=3D!TMPDIR=3D */
	$"436C 6173 7369 6361 6C3A 5465 6D70 6F72"            /* =
Classical:Tempor */
      $"6172 7920 4974 656D 733A"                           /* ary =
Items: */
   };=20

I was thinking that maybe we can create a preference file and simply =
call it
ENVIRONMENT, which would then include these strings in a similar =
pattern.

Does this sound good?