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author | Richard M. Stallman <[email protected]> | 2002-07-07 10:56:04 +0000 |
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committer | Richard M. Stallman <[email protected]> | 2002-07-07 10:56:04 +0000 |
commit | 26f17e6a29865dc52a5b5e4dd2c5a9f5200fd679 (patch) | |
tree | 9f4c1f8a3487556e02c386f38fd664167f1a7b22 /man | |
parent | af7272b1a0e181ced71d83bd7d001348a3ae78b8 (diff) |
setenv allows $-substitution.
--geometry affects all frames.
Diffstat (limited to 'man')
-rw-r--r-- | man/cmdargs.texi | 21 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/man/cmdargs.texi b/man/cmdargs.texi index 6f7e610b40..b900fbc1cb 100644 --- a/man/cmdargs.texi +++ b/man/cmdargs.texi @@ -335,10 +335,13 @@ software) inherit the environment from Emacs, too. @findex getenv Inside Emacs, the command @kbd{M-x getenv} gets the value of an environment variable. @kbd{M-x setenv} sets a variable in the Emacs -environment. The way to set environment variables outside of Emacs -depends on the operating system, and especially the shell that you are -using. For example, here's how to set the environment variable -@env{ORGANIZATION} to @samp{not very much} using Bash: +environment. (Environment variable substitutions with @samp{$} work +in the value just as in file names; see @ref{File Names with $}.) + + The way to set environment variables outside of Emacs depends on the +operating system, and especially the shell that you are using. For +example, here's how to set the environment variable @env{ORGANIZATION} +to @samp{not very much} using Bash: @example export ORGANIZATION="not very much" @@ -351,9 +354,9 @@ and here's how to do it in csh or tcsh: setenv ORGANIZATION "not very much" @end example - When Emacs uses the X Window System, it inherits the use -of a large number of environment variables from the X libraries. See -the X documentation for more information. + When Emacs is using the X Window System, various environment +variables that control X work for Emacs as well. See the X +documentation for more information. @menu * General Variables:: Environment variables that all versions of Emacs use. @@ -898,9 +901,9 @@ position of the initial Emacs frame: @table @samp @item -g @var{width}x@var{height}@r{[@{}+-@r{@}}@var{xoffset}@r{@{}+-@r{@}}@var{yoffset}@r{]]} @opindex -g -Specify window size @var{width} and @var{height} (measured in character +Specify the size @var{width} and @var{height} (measured in character columns and lines), and positions @var{xoffset} and @var{yoffset} -(measured in pixels). +(measured in pixels). This applies to all frames. @item --geometry=@var{width}x@var{height}@r{[@{}+-@r{@}}@var{xoffset}@r{@{}+-@r{@}}@var{yoffset}@r{]]} @opindex --geometry |