From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: frame-environment Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2009 22:17:01 -0500 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1232248638 23130 80.91.229.12 (18 Jan 2009 03:17:18 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2009 03:17:18 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Eli Zaretskii , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Juanma Barranquero Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Jan 18 04:18:31 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1LOOBC-0007Cz-8h for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 18 Jan 2009 04:18:30 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:54536 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LOO9v-0002Ql-3n for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 17 Jan 2009 22:17:11 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LOO9r-0002QQ-CC for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 17 Jan 2009 22:17:07 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LOO9p-0002PN-Ir for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 17 Jan 2009 22:17:06 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=34609 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LOO9p-0002P1-D0 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 17 Jan 2009 22:17:05 -0500 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.pppoe.ca ([206.248.154.182]:41887 helo=ironport2-out.teksavvy.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LOO9o-0007L3-2M; Sat, 17 Jan 2009 22:17:04 -0500 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Ar0EAL8tcklMCpxj/2dsb2JhbACBbM1BhXOCAw X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.37,282,1231131600"; d="scan'208";a="32465741" Original-Received: from 76-10-156-99.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO ceviche.home) ([76.10.156.99]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with ESMTP; 17 Jan 2009 22:17:01 -0500 Original-Received: by ceviche.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 89BDEB40F2; Sat, 17 Jan 2009 22:17:01 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: (Juanma Barranquero's message of "Sun, 18 Jan 2009 03:53:15 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:107953 Archived-At: >> An entry of the form "VAR" instead of "VAR=VAL". Such an entry means >> "remove VAR from the environment", IIRC. > Is that standard terminology? I've never heard it. I don't think it's a standard feature (it's specific to Emacs's process-environment, AFAIK), and even less standard terminology. > The docstring needs a patch like the attached one, which more > accurately reflects what Fgetenv_internal does. I say "like" because > that docstring still doesn't explain the special case where Feel free to apply it. Stefan