Change to setenv.

diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index 3b5b2a1f8eebac96ed73cba7f333230116932e0a..e32a9391356ecb9e666376770a7a96d0e5ee0376 100644 (file)
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ For older news, see the file ONEWS
 ** When pure storage overflows while dumping, Emacs now prints how
 much pure storage it will approximately need.
 
+** M-x setenv now expands environment variables of the form `$foo' and
+`${foo}' in the specified new value of the environment variable.  To
+include a `$' in the value, use `$$'.
+
 \f
 * Lisp Changes in Emacs 21.2