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diff --git a/Doc/libuser.tex b/Doc/libuser.tex index 67317a2..2ed7f62 100644 --- a/Doc/libuser.tex +++ b/Doc/libuser.tex @@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ As a policy, Python doesn't run user-specified code on startup of Python programs. (Only interactive sessions execute the script -specified in the \code{PYTHONSTARTUP} environment variable if it exists). +specified in the \envvar{PYTHONSTARTUP} environment variable if it +exists). However, some programs or sites may find it convenient to allow users to have a standard customization file, which gets run when a program @@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ home directory and if it can be opened, exececutes it (using module \module{user}'s) global namespace. Errors during this phase are not caught; that's up to the program that imports the \module{user} module, if it wishes. The home directory is assumed to -be named by the \code{HOME} environment variable; if this is not set, +be named by the \envvar{HOME} environment variable; if this is not set, the current directory is used. The user's \file{.pythonrc.py} could conceivably test for |