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diff --git a/manual/startup.texi b/manual/startup.texi index 7e42bb9c7b..2a55e3934e 100644 --- a/manual/startup.texi +++ b/manual/startup.texi @@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ these environment variable names for some other purpose. @comment Extra blank lines make it look better. @table @code @item HOME -@cindex HOME environment variable +@cindex @code{HOME} environment variable @cindex home directory This is a string representing the user's @dfn{home directory}, or @@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ this lets the user specify the value. @c !!! also USER @item LOGNAME -@cindex LOGNAME environment variable +@cindex @code{LOGNAME} environment variable This is the name that the user used to log in. Since the value in the environment can be tweaked arbitrarily, this is not a reliable way to @@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ For most purposes, it is better to use @code{LOGNAME}, precisely because this lets the user specify the value. @item PATH -@cindex PATH environment variable +@cindex @code{PATH} environment variable A @dfn{path} is a sequence of directory names which is used for searching for a file. The variable @code{PATH} holds a path used @@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ the one that is executed. @c !!! also TERMCAP @item TERM -@cindex TERM environment variable +@cindex @code{TERM} environment variable This specifies the kind of terminal that is receiving program output. Some programs can make use of this information to take advantage of @@ -473,13 +473,13 @@ of terminals. Many programs which use the termcap library Manual}) use the @code{TERM} environment variable, for example. @item TZ -@cindex TZ environment variable +@cindex @code{TZ} environment variable This specifies the time zone. @xref{TZ Variable}, for information about the format of this string and how it is used. @item LANG -@cindex LANG environment variable +@cindex @code{LANG} environment variable This specifies the default locale to use for attribute categories where neither @code{LC_ALL} nor the specific environment variable for that @@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ locales. @ignore @c I doubt this really exists @item LC_ALL -@cindex LC_ALL environment variable +@cindex @code{LC_ALL} environment variable This is similar to the @code{LANG} environment variable. However, its value takes precedence over any values provided for the individual @@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ environment variable. @end ignore @item LC_ALL -@cindex LC_ALL environment variable +@cindex @code{LC_ALL} environment variable If this environment variable is set it overrides the selection for all the locales done using the other @code{LC_*} environment variables. The @@ -506,45 +506,45 @@ value of the other @code{LC_*} environment variables is simply ignored in this case. @item LC_COLLATE -@cindex LC_COLLATE environment variable +@cindex @code{LC_COLLATE} environment variable This specifies what locale to use for string sorting. @item LC_CTYPE -@cindex LC_CTYPE environment variable +@cindex @code{LC_CTYPE} environment variable This specifies what locale to use for character sets and character classification. @item LC_MESSAGES -@cindex LC_MESSAGES environment variable +@cindex @code{LC_MESSAGES} environment variable This specifies what locale to use for printing messages and to parse responses. @item LC_MONETARY -@cindex LC_MONETARY environment variable +@cindex @code{LC_MONETARY} environment variable This specifies what locale to use for formatting monetary values. @item LC_NUMERIC -@cindex LC_NUMERIC environment variable +@cindex @code{LC_NUMERIC} environment variable This specifies what locale to use for formatting numbers. @item LC_TIME -@cindex LC_TIME environment variable +@cindex @code{LC_TIME} environment variable This specifies what locale to use for formatting date/time values. @item NLSPATH -@cindex NLSPATH environment variable +@cindex @code{NLSPATH} environment variable This specifies the directories in which the @code{catopen} function looks for message translation catalogs. @item _POSIX_OPTION_ORDER -@cindex _POSIX_OPTION_ORDER environment variable. +@cindex @code{_POSIX_OPTION_ORDER} environment variable. If this environment variable is defined, it suppresses the usual reordering of command line arguments by @code{getopt} and |