2.6.4 Environment Variables for Edwin
These environment variables are referred to by Edwin.
- EDWIN_BINARY_DIRECTORY (default: edwin/autoload on the library path)
- Directory where Edwin expects to find files providing autoloaded
facilities.
- EDWIN_INFO_DIRECTORY (default: edwin/info on the library path)
- Directory where Edwin expects to find files for the `info' documentation
subsystem.
- EDWIN_ETC_DIRECTORY (default: edwin/etc on the library path)
- Directory where Edwin expects to find utility programs and documentation
strings.
- ESHELL
- Filename of the shell program to use in shell buffers. If not defined,
the SHELL environment variable is used instead.
- SHELL (default: /bin/sh (unix), cmd.exe (PC))
- Filename of the shell program to use in shell buffers and when executing
shell commands. Used to initialize the
shell-path-name
editor
variable.
- 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 (default: auto-sense)
- Used when Edwin runs under unix on a terminal.
Number of text lines on the screen, for systems that don't support
‘TIOCGWINSZ’.
- COLUMNS (default: auto-sense)
- Used when Edwin runs under unix on a terminal.
Number of text columns on the screen, for systems that don't support
‘TIOCGWINSZ’.