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authorJoel Gillman <joeltgillman@gmail.com>2018-09-30 15:44:44 -0400
committerJoel Gillman <joeltgillman@gmail.com>2018-09-30 15:44:44 -0400
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FAQ: Add MacOS PATH info to Troubleshooting
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@@ -310,6 +310,15 @@ Lastly, set your `qt.args` to point to that directory and restart qutebrowser:
:restart
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+Unable to use `spawn` on MacOS.::
+When running qutebrowser from the prebuilt binary (`qutebrowser.app`) it *will
+not* read any files that would alter your `$PATH` (e.g. `.profile`, `.bashrc`,
+etc). This is not a bug, just that `.profile` is not propogated to GUI
+applications in MacOS.
++
+See https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/issues/4273[Issue #4273] for
+details and potential workarounds.
+
My issue is not listed.::
If you experience any segfaults or crashes, you can report the issue in
https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/issues[the issue tracker] or