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-nameeditor
variable.
 
- PATH
- Used to initialize the exec-patheditor 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.