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diff --git a/doc/emacs/cmdargs.texi b/doc/emacs/cmdargs.texi index 06e41a57681..ce7af79076e 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/cmdargs.texi +++ b/doc/emacs/cmdargs.texi @@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ special meanings in Emacs. Most of these variables are also used by some other programs. Emacs does not require any of these environment variables to be set, but it uses their values if they are set. -@table @env +@vtable @env @item CDPATH Used by the @code{cd} command to search for the directory you specify, when you specify a relative directory name. @@ -464,7 +464,9 @@ Emacs Lisp files. If set, it modifies the usual initial value of the @code{load-path} variable (@pxref{Lisp Libraries}). An empty element stands for the default value of @code{load-path}; e.g., using @samp{EMACSLOADPATH="/tmp:"} adds @file{/tmp} to the front of -the default @code{load-path}. +the default @code{load-path}. To specify an empty element in the +middle of the list, use 2 colons in a row, as in +@samp{EMACSLOADPATH="/tmp::/foo"}. @item EMACSPATH A colon-separated list of directories to search for executable files. If set, Emacs uses this in addition to @env{PATH} (see below) when @@ -598,14 +600,14 @@ defaults to @samp{root}. @item VERSION_CONTROL Used to initialize the @code{version-control} variable (@pxref{Backup Names}). -@end table +@end vtable @node Misc Variables @appendixsubsec Miscellaneous Variables These variables are used only on particular configurations: -@table @env +@vtable @env @item COMSPEC On MS-DOS and MS-Windows, the name of the command interpreter to use when invoking batch files and commands internal to the shell. On MS-DOS @@ -657,7 +659,7 @@ rather than hard-coding an absolute path. This allows multiple versions of Emacs to share the same environment variable settings, and it allows you to move the Emacs installation directory, without changing any environment or registry settings. -@end table +@end vtable @node MS-Windows Registry @appendixsubsec The MS-Windows System Registry |