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| author | Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> | 2011-07-10 16:29:19 +0200 |
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| committer | Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> | 2011-07-10 16:29:19 +0200 |
| commit | 3329e6e390caf3443ffa486b3e39dd71cafe3a29 (patch) | |
| tree | 19d2e5c8e8a7022a8c944fdd9dffe730a941ed41 | |
| parent | 505e364506a87ca26ec77550cbc35b2066ce3b9f (diff) | |
| download | emacs-3329e6e390caf3443ffa486b3e39dd71cafe3a29.tar.gz | |
(Environment): Mention removing variables
Text suggested by Kevin Rodgers.
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/emacs/ChangeLog | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/emacs/cmdargs.texi | 9 |
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/emacs/ChangeLog b/doc/emacs/ChangeLog index 8a5bccc183c..9993f5f883e 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/ChangeLog +++ b/doc/emacs/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2011-07-10 Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> + + * cmdargs.texi (Environment): Mention removing variables + (bug#1615). Text suggested by Kevin Rodgers. + 2011-07-10 Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com> * misc.texi (Amusements): Don't mention Yow; it's crippled. diff --git a/doc/emacs/cmdargs.texi b/doc/emacs/cmdargs.texi index 1c3b85559d2..af493ade2f2 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/cmdargs.texi +++ b/doc/emacs/cmdargs.texi @@ -427,10 +427,11 @@ software) inherit the environment from Emacs, too. @vindex initial-environment Inside Emacs, the command @kbd{M-x getenv} gets the value of an environment variable. @kbd{M-x setenv} sets a variable in the Emacs -environment. (Environment variable substitutions with @samp{$} work -in the value just as in file names; see @ref{File Names with $}.) The -variable @code{initial-environment} stores the initial environment -inherited by Emacs. +environment, and @kbd{C-u M-x setenv} removes a variable. +(Environment variable substitutions with @samp{$} work in the value +just as in file names; see @ref{File Names with $}.) The variable +@code{initial-environment} stores the initial environment inherited by +Emacs. The way to set environment variables outside of Emacs depends on the operating system, and especially the shell that you are using. For |