Edwin Environment Variables - MIT/GNU Scheme 7.7.90+
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#### 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.