- Environment variables and command line arguments for Emacs can be set
-by modifying the @samp{STR#} resources 128 and 129, respectively. A common
-environment variable that one may want to set is @samp{HOME}.
+ On Mac OS X, when Emacs is run in a terminal, it inherits the values
+of environment variables from the shell from which it is invoked.
+However, when it is run from the Finder as a GUI application, it
+inherits no environment variable values.
+
+ On Mac OS 8 or 9, environment variables and command line arguments
+for Emacs can be set by modifying the @samp{STR#} resources 128 and
+129, respectively. A common environment variable that one may want to
+set is @samp{HOME}.