X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/wxWidgets.git/blobdiff_plain/dae2800ac82493e2f3cae2ce0231309a8e877683..dbe31039f7ee6169d80386fd75a9f03316f8d261:/docs/doxygen/groups/funcmacro_env.h diff --git a/docs/doxygen/groups/funcmacro_env.h b/docs/doxygen/groups/funcmacro_env.h index cde7f2e079..59a9ee8bdf 100644 --- a/docs/doxygen/groups/funcmacro_env.h +++ b/docs/doxygen/groups/funcmacro_env.h @@ -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. */