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 and cmd.exe on Windows 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'.