Mercurial > emacs
changeset 74055:217e6137471a
(Interactive Shell): INSIDE_EMACS is set to t, and EMACS is deprecated.
| author | Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com> |
|---|---|
| date | Sat, 18 Nov 2006 21:00:16 +0000 |
| parents | 8f7659d1566e |
| children | 8580dcf86c2c |
| files | man/misc.texi |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/man/misc.texi Sat Nov 18 20:59:10 2006 +0000 +++ b/man/misc.texi Sat Nov 18 21:00:16 2006 +0000 @@ -486,12 +486,16 @@ @kbd{C-x @key{RET} p} in the shell buffer. @xref{Communication Coding}. +@cindex @env{INSIDE_EMACS} environment variable + Emacs sets the envitonment variable @env{INSIDE_EMACS} to @code{t} +in the subshell. Programs can check this variable to determine +whether they are running inside an Emacs subshell. + @cindex @env{EMACS} environment variable - Unless the environment variable @env{EMACS} is already defined, -Emacs defines it in the subshell, with value equal to Emacs's absolute -file name. A shell script -can check this variable to determine whether it has been run from an -Emacs subshell. + Emacs also sets the @env{EMACS} environment variable to @code{t} if +it is not already defined. @strong{Warning:} This environment +variable is deprecated. Programs that check this variable should be +changed to check @env{INSIDE_EMACS} instead. @node Shell Mode @subsection Shell Mode