GNU bug report logs - #58137
28.1; M-x setenv RET PATH RET should default to the current $PATH

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: "Trent W. Buck" <trentbuck <at> gmail.com>

Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2022 09:57:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: moreinfo, notabug

Found in version 28.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com>
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 15:09:27 +0200

>>>>> On Wed, 28 Sep 2022 19:56:34 +1000, "Trent W. Buck" <trentbuck <at> gmail.com> said:

    Trent> Just a minor wishlist item.
    Trent> I wish M-x setenv, when setting a variable that already has a value,
    Trent> defaulted to that value (instead of the empty string).

    Trent> This would make it easier to make minor adjustments to a long messy value.
    Trent> The history is already there (M-p), but it's input history.
    Trent> If the variable was initially set outside of Emacs, it won't be in history.

Itʼs in the 'future history', which you get by 'M-n'

Robert
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