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28.1; M-x setenv RET PATH RET should default to the current $PATH

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From: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> suse.de>
To: "Trent W. Buck" <trentbuck <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 58137 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#58137: 28.1; M-x setenv RET PATH RET should default to the current $PATH
Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2022 14:45:58 +0200

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).
>
> 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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