Emacs environment variable lost

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From: Christopher B. Moore
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 14:29

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I've noticed (while installing the Auc-TeX package) that evaluation of
(getenv "HOSTTYPE") in an Emacs2.1 window started by clicking on the
Emacs2.1 icon in the workspace returns nil.  However, in an Emacs2.1
window started from the commandline it returns "next".  What gives?

Christopher B. Moore
cmoore@maggie.mit.edu

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