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authorwm4 <wm4@nowhere>2020-07-17 01:36:33 +0200
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lua: add mp.get_env_list() function
Because Lua is too stupid to provide this directly, and I sort of need it.
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diff --git a/DOCS/man/input.rst b/DOCS/man/input.rst
index cf1bb5b4e9..eee5ba8614 100644
--- a/DOCS/man/input.rst
+++ b/DOCS/man/input.rst
@@ -539,6 +539,9 @@ Remember to quote string arguments in input.conf (see `Flat command syntax`_).
useless.) The format of the list is as in the ``execle()`` syscall. Each
string item defines an environment variable as in ``NANME=VALUE``.
+ On Lua, you may use ``utils.get_env_list()`` to retrieve the current
+ environment if you e.g. simply want to add a new variable.
+
The command returns the following result (as ``MPV_FORMAT_NODE_MAP``):
``status`` (``MPV_FORMAT_INT64``)
diff --git a/DOCS/man/lua.rst b/DOCS/man/lua.rst
index 9499847b58..88fb4cb7ce 100644
--- a/DOCS/man/lua.rst
+++ b/DOCS/man/lua.rst
@@ -826,6 +826,10 @@ strictly part of the guaranteed API.
Returns the process ID of the running mpv process. This can be used to identify
the calling mpv when launching (detached) subprocesses.
+``utils.get_env_list()``
+ Returns the C environment as a list of strings. (Do not confuse this with
+ the Lua "environment", which is an unrelated concept.)
+
``utils.parse_json(str [, trail])``
Parses the given string argument as JSON, and returns it as a Lua table. On
error, returns ``nil, error``. (Currently, ``error`` is just a string