branch: elpa/exec-path-from-shell
commit 9365c94ef18a2d58e73d47e0fe878c7d5007a827
Author: Steve Purcell <[email protected]>
Commit: GitHub <[email protected]>
Clarify point in README
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README.md | 5 +++--
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d3acddc2f4..0067b37487 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -13,8 +13,9 @@ the same as in the user's shell.
Ever find that a command works in your shell, but not in Emacs?
-This happens a lot on OS X, where an Emacs instance started from the GUI
inherits a
-default set of environment variables.
+This happens a lot on OS X, where an Emacs instance launched as a GUI app
inherits a
+default minimal set of environment variables that are probably not the ones
you see
+in a terminal window.
This library solves this problem by copying important environment
variables from the user's shell: it works by asking your shell to print out the
