[GRASSLIST:1325] Re: grassrc5 problems

[William K]

> GRASS_ADDON_PATH is an environment variable, not a GRASS variable;
> setting it in ~/.grassrc5 won't have any effect. You would have to set
> it in your shell's initialisation files (e.g. /etc/profile, ~/.profile
> etc; check the manual page for your shell to determine which files are
> read).
>
>> ...

> Again, GRASS_WISH is an environment variable, not a GRASS variable.
>
Ah, I guess the difference wasn't clear to me.  I think part of the 
problem is the docs - the page on implemented environment variables 
divides the two, and mentions briefly that env aren't set in grassrc5.  
But the grass5 startup doc page implies that you can set env variables 
in grassrc5, and gives an example: GRASS_GUI.

And at least for GRASS_WISH, grassrc5 is used, just too late for the 
select database dialog.  After startup and I have the tcltkgrass menu, 
GRASS_WISH _is_ set from what I specified in grassrc5.

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