Re: setenv and find-file

[Peter Dyballa]

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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