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;;; Copyright Free Software Foundation 1991
;; Maintainer: FSF
-;; Keywords: extensions
+;; Keywords: processes, unix
;;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
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;;; along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING. If not, write to
;;; the Free Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+;;; Commentary:
+
+;; UNIX processes inherit a list of name-to-string associations from
+;; their parents called their `environment'; these are commonly used
+;; to control program options. This package permits you to set
+;; environment variables to be passed to any sub-process run under Emacs.
+
;;; Code:
;;;###autoload