X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/wxWidgets.git/blobdiff_plain/dae2800ac82493e2f3cae2ce0231309a8e877683..8b5cec2580b423c9c335b2e8222a44561628235d:/docs/doxygen/groups/funcmacro_env.h diff --git a/docs/doxygen/groups/funcmacro_env.h b/docs/doxygen/groups/funcmacro_env.h index cde7f2e079..43c7008c23 100644 --- a/docs/doxygen/groups/funcmacro_env.h +++ b/docs/doxygen/groups/funcmacro_env.h @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ // Purpose: Environment function and macro group docs // Author: wxWidgets team // RCS-ID: $Id: funcmacro_gdi.h 52454 2008-03-12 19:08:48Z BP $ -// Licence: wxWindows license +// Licence: wxWindows licence ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// /** @@ -11,11 +11,16 @@ @defgroup group_funcmacro_env Environment @ingroup group_funcmacro -The functions in this section allow to access (get) or change value of -environment variables in a portable way. They are currently implemented under -Win32 and POSIX-like systems (Unix). +These functions allow access to get or change the values of environment +variables in a portable way. They are currently implemented under Win32 and +POSIX-like systems (Unix). -@header{wx/utils.h} +Remember that these functions add/change/delete environment variables of the +current process only. Child processes copy the environment variables of the parent +but do not share them (a wxSetEnv() in the parent process won't change the value +returned by wxGetEnv() in the child process and viceversa). + +For more evoluted interprocess communication tecniques see @ref overview_ipc. */