emacs.rst
changeset 500 0126175e6252
parent 499 ab94e51efbc6
child 501 df542c2499f9
--- a/emacs.rst	Sun Aug 15 19:21:53 2010 +0300
+++ b/emacs.rst	Sun Aug 15 19:27:22 2010 +0300
@@ -105,13 +105,15 @@
 
   emacs-major-version
   emacs-minor-version
-  window-system - 'nil' if in terminal, 'w32' if native Windows build, 'x' if under X Window.
-  window-system-version
-  operating-system-release
-  system-configuration - like configuration triplet: cpu-manufacturer-os
-  system-name
+  window-system             - 'nil' if in terminal, 'w32' if native Windows build, 'x' if under X Window
+  window-system-version     - for windows only
+  operating-system-release  - release of the operating system Emacs is running on
+  system-configuration      - like configuration triplet: cpu-manufacturer-os
+  system-name               - host name of the machine you are running on
   system-time-locale
-  system-type
+  system-type               - indicating the type of operating system you are using:
+                              'gnu' (GNU Hurd), 'gnu/linux', 'gnu/kfreebsd' (FreeBSD),
+                              'darwin' (GNU-Darwin, Mac OS X), 'ms-dos', 'windows-nt', 'cygwin'
   system-uses-terminfo
   window-size-fixed