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diff --git a/doc/sciteco.1.in b/doc/sciteco.1.in index 5441621..6747c5e 100644 --- a/doc/sciteco.1.in +++ b/doc/sciteco.1.in @@ -242,15 +242,19 @@ Initialization of this variable ensures that the \(lq$HOME\(rq Q-Register is available even on Windows and the home directory can always be re-configured. .TP -.SCITECO_TOPIC "$SHELL" "SHELL" "$ComSpec" "ComSpec" -.BR SHELL " or " ComSpec +.SCITECO_TOPIC "$SHELL" "SHELL" "$COMSPEC" "COMSPEC" +.BR SHELL " or " COMSPEC Path of the command interpreter used by \fBEG\fP and \fBEC\fP commands if UNIX98 shell emulation is \fIdisabled\fP. -\fBSHELL\fP is used on UNIX-like systems, while \fBComSpec\fP +\fBSHELL\fP is used on UNIX-like systems, while \fBCOMSPEC\fP is used on DOS-like systems (like Windows). Both variables are usually already set in the process environment but are initialized to \(lq/bin/sh\(rq or \(lqcmd.exe\(rq should they nevertheless be unset. +Since environment variables are case-insensitive on +DOS-like systems and different spellings exist for \fBCOMSPEC\fP, +the name of the variable is always normalized to all-upper-case +by \*(ST. .TP .SCITECO_TOPIC "$SCITECOCONFIG" "SCITECOCONFIG" .B SCITECOCONFIG |