3.4 Environment Variables

Environment Variable: SCM_INIT_PATH ¶

is the pathname where scm will look for its initialization code. The default is the file Init5f4.scm in the source directory.

Environment Variable: SCHEME_LIBRARY_PATH ¶

is the [SLIB] Scheme library directory.

Environment Variable: HOME ¶

is the directory where Init5f4.scm will look for the user initialization file ScmInit.scm.

Environment Variable: EDITOR ¶

is the name of the program which ed will call. If EDITOR is not defined, the default is ‘ed’.

3.5 Scheme Variables

Variable: *argv* ¶

contains the list of arguments to the program. *argv* can change during argument processing. This list is suitable for use as an argument to [SLIB] getopt.

Variable: *syntax-rules* ¶

controls whether loading and interaction support syntax-rules macros. Define this in ScmInit.scm or files specified on the command line. This can be overridden by subsequent -m and -u options.

Variable: *interactive* ¶

controls interactivity as explained for the -i and -b options. Define this in ScmInit.scm or files specified on the command line. This can be overridden by subsequent -i and -b options.