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diff --git a/docs/markdown/snippets/devenv.md b/docs/markdown/snippets/devenv.md index c3bac10..1160945 100644 --- a/docs/markdown/snippets/devenv.md +++ b/docs/markdown/snippets/devenv.md @@ -26,4 +26,10 @@ These variables are set in environment in addition to those set using `meson.add - `PATH` includes every directory where there is an executable that would be installed into `bindir`. On windows it also includes every directory where there is a DLL needed to run those executables. - +- `LD_LIBRARY_PATH` includes every directory where there is a shared library that + would be installed into `libdir`. This allows to run system application using + custom build of some libraries. For example running system GEdit when building + GTK from git. On OSX the environment variable is `DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH` and + `PATH` on Windows. +- `GI_TYPELIB_PATH` includes every directory where a GObject Introspection + typelib is built. This is automatically set when using `gnome.generate_gir()`. |