1.6.3 Edwin Environment Variables

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.

PATH

The initial value of the exec-path editor variable, which is subsequently used for finding programs to be run as subprocesses.

DISPLAY

The X11 display on which Edwin will create windows.

TERM

The terminal type used by Edwin when it runs on a terminal.

LINES

The number of text lines used by Edwin when it runs on a terminal, for systems that don’t support ‘TIOCGWINSZ’.

COLUMNS

The number of text columns used by Edwin when it runs on a terminal, for systems that don’t support ‘TIOCGWINSZ’.