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Documented environment variable use
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2001-08-01 Richard Frith-Macdonald <rfm@gnu.org>
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* Documentation/gsdoc/Base.gsdoc: Documented all the uses of
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environment variables I could find.
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2001-07-31 Richard Frith-Macdonald <rfm@gnu.org>
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* Source/GSFFCallInvocation.m: attempt to guess type signature
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<dl>
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<dt>CRASH_ON_ABORT
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<dd>
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The default exception handler will either cause the program to
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simply terminate, or to crash - leaving a core dump. The
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standard behavior is to leave a core dump if the library was
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built for debugging, and to simply exit if it was not.
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<p>
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The default exception handler will either cause the program to
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simply terminate, or to crash - leaving a core dump. The
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standard behavior is to leave a core dump if the library was
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built for debugging, and to simply exit if it was not.
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</p>
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<p>
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The CRASH_ON_ABORT environment variable can be used to
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</p>
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<dt>GNUSTEP_STRING_ENCODING
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<dd>
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<p>
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This is used to specify the default encoding for 8-bit
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strings. It defaults to NSISOLatin1StringEncoding, but
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may be any of the 8-bit encodings supported by your system
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(excluding multi-byte encodings).
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</p>
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<dt>GNUSTEP_HOST_CPU
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<dd>
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<p>
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Used in place of GNUSTEP_TARGET_CPU if the other is missing.
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</p>
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<dt>GNUSTEP_HOST_DIR
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<dd>
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<p>
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Used in place of GNUSTEP_TARGET_DIR if the other is missing.
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</p>
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<dt>GNUSTEP_HOST_OS
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<dd>
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<p>
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Used in place of GNUSTEP_TARGET_OS if the other is missing.
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</p>
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<dt>GNUSTEP_LOCAL_ROOT
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<dd>
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<p>
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Used to specify the GNUstep root directory for local
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(non-system) resources. Typically all locally produced
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or contributed software is installed relative to this.
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</p>
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<dt>GNUSTEP_NETWORK_ROOT
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<dd>
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<p>
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Used to specify the GNUstep root directory for local
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(non-system) resources that are intended to be shared
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across a local network. Typically this is an NFS exported
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directory shared by many machines. It provides an
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alternative to GNUSTEP_LOCAL_ROOT.
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</p>
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<dt>GNUSTEP_SYSTEM_ROOT
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<dd>
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<p>
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Used to specify the GNUstep system root directory ... all
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system libraries, tools, applications, headers, resources
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in general are located relative to this.
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</p>
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<dt>GNUSTEP_USER_ROOT
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<dd>
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<p>
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Used to specify the GNUstep directory in which resources
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specific to the current user are located.
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</p>
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<dt>GNUSTEP_TARGET_CPU
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<dd>
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<p>
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Overrides the default value of the machine (hardware)
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name used on this system.
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</p>
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<dt>GNUSTEP_TARGET_DIR
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<dd>
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<p>
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Overrides the default path used to locate subdirectories
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for GNUstep binaries withing bundles and applications.
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This is normally equivalent to a path made up of the
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GNUSTEP_TARGET_CPU and GNUSTEP_TARGET_OS
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</p>
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<dt>GNUSTEP_TARGET_OS
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<dd>
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<p>
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Overrides the default value of the operating system
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name used on this system.
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</p>
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<dt>GNUSTEP_TZ
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<dd>
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<p>
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Used to specify the timezone to be used if there is no
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timezone specified in the user defaults system.
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The preferred
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mechanism is to use the 'Local Time Zone' value from the
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user defaults system.
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</p>
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<dt>HOMEDRIVE
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<dd>
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<p>
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Used on windoze to locate the home directory.
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</p>
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<dt>HOMEPATH
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<dd>
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<p>
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Used on windoze to locate the home directory.
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</p>
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<dt>LANGUAGES
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<dd>
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<p>
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If there is no NSLanguages user default set, and there is
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no language infromation available in the native system locale
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mechanism, then this environment variable is used to provide
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a list of the languages that the user prefers to use.
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languages listed in this variable must be separated by
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semicolons.
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</p>
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<dt>LOGNAME
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<dd>
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<p>
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This is used as the default value for the current user
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(as returned by the NSUserName() functions). If it is not
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specified, or contains an illegal value, other methods are
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used to get the user name.
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</p>
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<dt>LIBRARY_COMBO
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<dd>
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<p>
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Used to override the default value of the combination
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of standard libraries used to build binaries. This
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value locates the final subdirectory used to locate binaries.
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</p>
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<dt>TZ
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<dd>
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<p>
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Used to specify the timezone to be used if there is no
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timezone specified by any other mechanism. The preferred
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mechanism is to use the 'Local Time Zone' value from the
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user defaults system.
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</p>
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</dl>
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<h3><a name ="cont-5">The Foundation classes</a></h3>
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