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RE: accessing environment variable
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Drew Adams |
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RE: accessing environment variable |
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Date: |
Mon, 10 Sep 2007 08:50:10 -0700 |
> what is the preferred way to access an environment variable from within
> the .emacs file?
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> > (getenv variable)
> > Get the value of environment variable variable.
> > variable should be a string.
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> (getenv GS_PROG)
1. (getenv "GS_PROG")
See doc above: "Variable should be a string."
> (custom-set-variables '(ps-lpr-command "(getenv GS_PROG)")
2. ps-lpr-command expects a string that names a program. It does not expect
a Lisp sexp.