From: Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa@Web.DE>
To: Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu>
Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: setenv and find-file
Date: Sat, 18 May 2013 20:09:19 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <D7A4CF25-1122-4A69-A426-DDC6C4B9BBB6@Web.DE> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <barmar-643C70.07360018052013@news.eternal-september.org>
Am 18.05.2013 um 13:36 schrieb Barry Margolin:
> But if you do:
>
> M-: (setenv "VARIABLE" "/shorter/path")
>
> inside Emacs, you're setting an environment variable in the Emacs
> process, not just within a program that's hosted by Emacs.
And when a shell in *shell* buffer is started afterwards it can inherit that setting… Yes, that could be another away! (Given that either a corresponding GNU Emacs variable is also defined or (getenv "VARIABLE") is used.)
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Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-05-17 15:29 setenv and find-file Doug Lewan
2013-05-17 19:14 ` Peter Dyballa
2013-05-17 20:52 ` andrea crotti
2013-05-17 21:07 ` Doug Lewan
2013-05-18 7:34 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-05-20 11:42 ` Doug Lewan
2013-05-20 12:04 ` setenv and find-file (I take it back.) Doug Lewan
2013-05-18 10:07 ` setenv and find-file Peter Dyballa
[not found] ` <mailman.27.1368871635.22516.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-05-18 11:36 ` Barry Margolin
2013-05-18 18:09 ` Peter Dyballa [this message]
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