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diff lispref/os.texi @ 13367:a3e8c1d2492f
Explain when user-mail-address is set.
author | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> |
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date | Tue, 31 Oct 1995 05:59:44 +0000 |
parents | 586e3ea81792 |
children | 9305e83c313d |
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--- a/lispref/os.texi Tue Oct 31 05:26:32 1995 +0000 +++ b/lispref/os.texi Tue Oct 31 05:59:44 1995 +0000 @@ -759,8 +759,10 @@ @defvar user-mail-address This holds the nominal email address of the user who is using Emacs. -When Emacs starts up, it computes a default value that is usually right, -but users often set this themselves when the default value is not right. +Emacs normally sets this variable to a default value after reading your +init files, but not if you have already set it. So you can set the +variable to some other value in your @file{~/.emacs} file if you do not +want to use the default value. @end defvar @defun user-login-name &optional uid