From 44acefd8365c0ccca428e5ef69153c059aa8e575 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Xavier Claessens <xavier.claessens@collabora.com>
Date: Wed, 12 May 2021 10:07:10 -0400
Subject: doc: Add example how to use devenv

Fixes: #8758
---
 docs/markdown/Reference-manual.md | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/markdown/Reference-manual.md b/docs/markdown/Reference-manual.md
index 8624138f1..103f4d85c 100644
--- a/docs/markdown/Reference-manual.md
+++ b/docs/markdown/Reference-manual.md
@@ -2122,6 +2122,15 @@ the following methods.
   ...
   meson.add_devenv(devenv)
   ```
+  After configuring and compiling that project, a terminal can be opened with
+  the environment set:
+  ```sh
+  $ meson devenv -C <builddir>
+  $ echo $PLUGINS_PATH
+  /path/to/source/subdir
+  ```
+  See (`meson devenv`)[Commands.md#devenv] command documentation for a list of
+  environment variables that are set by default by Meson.
 
 ### `build_machine` object
 
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