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On Mon, 28 Feb 2000, Jeff Williams wrote:

> Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 12:51:01 -0600 (CST)
> From: Jeff Williams <jeffw AT darwin DOT sfbr DOT org>
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> -: > -: Somebody suggested in the past a better solution: support for 
> -: > -: program-specific .env files.  That is, the startup code of a program 
> -: > -: foo.exe would look for a file foo.env *after* reading djgpp.env.
> -: > 
> -: > How is this different from having program specific `.rc' files?
> -: 
> -: I don't know.  Why is it important whether it is or isn't similar to .rc 
> -: files?
> 
> Aren't .rc files a canonical means for modifying a program's environment
> at startup?

Not as far as I know.  If you ask MS, they'll point to the Registry.

> This thread got me thinking about how much of djgpp.env is (or must be)
> djgpp-specific, and how much of djgpp.env could be taken over by
> individual .rc files.

The special characters inside %FOO% (like %>FOO% etc.) are
DJGPP-specific, and are very important to make some subtle aspects
automatically work.