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2.6.3 Environment Variables for Edwin

These environment variables are referred to by Edwin.

EDWIN_BINARY_DIRECTORY ¶

Directory where Edwin expects to find files providing autoloaded facilities. The default is edwin on the library path.

EDWIN_INFO_DIRECTORY ¶

Directory where Edwin expects to find files for the ‘info’ documentation subsystem. The default is edwin/info on the library path.

EDWIN_ETC_DIRECTORY ¶

Directory where Edwin expects to find utility programs and documentation strings. The default is edwin on the library path.

ESHELL ¶

Filename of the shell program to use in shell buffers. If not defined, the SHELL environment variable is used instead.

SHELL ¶

Filename of the shell program to use in shell buffers and when executing shell commands. Used to initialize the shell-path-name editor variable. The default is /bin/sh on unix systems.

PATH ¶

Used to initialize the exec-path editor variable, which is subsequently used for finding programs to be run as subprocesses.

DISPLAY ¶

Used when Edwin runs under unix and uses X11. Specifies the display on which Edwin will create windows.

TERM ¶

Used when Edwin runs under unix on a terminal. Terminal type.

LINES ¶

Used when Edwin runs under unix on a terminal. Number of text lines on the screen, for systems that don’t support ‘TIOCGWINSZ’.

COLUMNS ¶

Used when Edwin runs under unix on a terminal. Number of text columns on the screen, for systems that don’t support ‘TIOCGWINSZ’.