# All the commands in this file will get executed whenever you
# create a new shell (Terminal) window
# Any statement preceded by a sharp (#) character is just a comment -
# these will be ignored.
echo "Welcome $USER"

# Set and export it so that any program that runs in the same
# shell will have access to it
# PYTHONPATH is just a list of colon (:) separated directories 
# that tell python interpreter where to find python modules
export PYTHONPATH=$HOME/src

# Now print the PYTHONPATH - just to remind you of what it is!
echo "Your PYTHONPATH is: $PYTHONPATH"

# PATH is like PYTHONPATH, but it's for the shell
# PATH is the list of directories where the shell looks to find
# programs you can execute on the command line
# The shell uses PATH, which is a list of directories (just like with
# PYTHONPATH, to find programs
echo "Your PATH environment variable is: $PATH"

# let's make sure the current workding directory is in the PATH
export PATH=.:$PATH
echo "Now, your PATH environment variable is: $PATH"

# Let's make sure your default editor is emacs!
export EDITOR=emacs
echo "Set EDITOR to $EDITOR"