Updates for Goal scripting language, in Code, Numbers, Author. #355
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… 'go build' if it finds a 'goal' exe on path.
…ough launchctl as documented in README.md and implemented in goal
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| launchctl setenv VAR VALUE | ||
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| The `goal` shell automatically does this for you when setting any environment variables. |
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When the user sets an environment variable in the interactive shell, there is absolutely no way that they expect it to make changes to the underlying system environment. At the very least this should only apply to things in the .goal file, given that I could do set A test or something in the interactive shell while experimenting, and I absolutely would not want that stored in the system forever!
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Moreover, designing a system that is wholly incompatible with most people's shells is not tenable. Cogent Code must support someone who uses bash and wants to be able to run commands.
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What about just running all commands through separate Goal processes in Cogent Code, which would bypass the environment variable issue entirely since Goal would get the right environment variables on startup? We will be replacing a lot of the current command infrastructure with a Goal terminal interface soon anyway.
Several key fixes so Goal treats generated files appropriately (read only) and looks for the source of such files and opens them instead, etc.