From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Gregory Heytings Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#58137: 28.1; M-x setenv RET PATH RET should default to the current $PATH Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2022 12:42:23 +0000 Message-ID: <9cd520eb0899ebcb2f5e@heytings.org> References: <87o7uzg6ul.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="14295"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: 58137@debbugs.gnu.org To: "Trent W. Buck" Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Wed Sep 28 16:52:04 2022 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1odYPr-0003So-RL for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 28 Sep 2022 16:52:04 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:41686 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1odYPq-0002Jw-4W for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 28 Sep 2022 10:52:02 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:42208) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1odWP0-0005HL-Nm for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Sep 2022 08:43:04 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:33206) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1odWP0-0000QO-Ef for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Sep 2022 08:43:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1odWP0-0002Pm-Ad for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Sep 2022 08:43:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Gregory Heytings Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2022 12:43:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 58137 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: notabug Original-Received: via spool by 58137-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B58137.16643689509215 (code B ref 58137); Wed, 28 Sep 2022 12:43:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 58137) by debbugs.gnu.org; 28 Sep 2022 12:42:30 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:60508 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1odWOT-0002OY-RI for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 28 Sep 2022 08:42:30 -0400 Original-Received: from heytings.org ([95.142.160.155]:33622) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1odWOQ-0002OL-49 for 58137@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 28 Sep 2022 08:42:28 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=heytings.org; s=20220101; t=1664368944; bh=U2/uacuve/UAnn65jWz8RXLJQTu3oF+fUV4S55DsjiA=; h=Date:From:To:cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:Message-ID:References:From; b=vmNOw4uN1Otim374F1AamUrDCROVMaTcXIDh6c7cvYJE4WrDKRZawNJ93mXN6WJed hJujidKR3CNvMsAuKcAwQaCpJgqegWlwJFDuDgAX9LtK+VkmCRFp/E0nA0zEPcXV2c 3PRn8LZLKxDlSdOmBrzSaktj/ERdxaV/19M6dVGWopDAAJYwklQ2b7aWaKGkXV92d8 /7DaOtyHkIromJbiX9tR3feq4F84J/fbL61rgn5xHsUREUlDo1oDQS+S4xbhU3rpiO dIqOt6xlAPeqXIhhcTIwkZXgCH+GRNZWm6zPAHjwxaq34FWCi9LLBEEKxFU5s7/i4q 6E8fbrQ25hr7w== In-Reply-To: <87o7uzg6ul.fsf@gmail.com> X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:243810 Archived-At: > > I wish M-x setenv, when setting a variable that already has a value, > defaulted to that value (instead of the empty string). > > This would make it easier to make minor adjustments to a long messy > value. The history is already there (M-p), but it's input history. If > the variable was initially set outside of Emacs, it won't be in history. > That's what Emacs calls "future history", which you can get with M-x setenv RET PATH RET M-n. It defaults to the value of (getenv "PATH"). Is that what you want?