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bug#58137: 28.1; M-x setenv RET PATH RET should default to the current $
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Andreas Schwab |
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bug#58137: 28.1; M-x setenv RET PATH RET should default to the current $PATH |
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Wed, 28 Sep 2022 14:45:58 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.2 (gnu/linux) |
On Sep 28 2022, Trent W. Buck wrote:
> I wish M-x setenv, when setting a variable that already has a value,
> defaulted to that value (instead of the empty string).
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> 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.
Emacs puts the current value on the history list as the first element
for M-p.
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