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([118.101.26.137]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 22sm19917653wfd.13.2009.01.28.00.39.41 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Wed, 28 Jan 2009 00:39:44 -0800 (PST) User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (Windows/20081209) In-Reply-To: X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) Resent-Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 04:03:36 -0500 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:24676 Archived-At: Stefan Monnier wrote: > It looks like a situation where the variable expansion is expected to be > done by the application under w32 (just like file globbing is not done > by the shell there either), contrary to POSIX. > Environment variables are expanded in PATH when set as an environment variable on Windows. Only when using this undocumented registry entry to set an application specific path does the expansion apparently not happen.