$user-name(5)

NAME

$user-name - MicroEmacs user name

SYNOPSIS

$user-name

DESCRIPTION

$user-name is the name of the MicroEmacs user. The name is used for identifying user configuration files such as $user-name.emf and $user-name.erf, the start-up user macro file and erf(8) registry file that contains saved user preferences.

The $user-name is determined as follows, in order of precedence:

• The me(1) command line option -u username.
• The environment variable MENAME(5) (alternatively via $LOGNAME on Microsoft Windows platforms ONLY).
• The name determined from the system. On UNIX then the /etc/passwd entry is used, on MicroSoft Windows then the login name is used.
• When no other name is located then user is used (MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows environments running without a login mechanism).

For most conventional login systems then the correct login name is retrieved and it is not necessary to over-ride the name, unless a special configuration of MicroEmacs is being used.

NOTES

The user should not attempt to write to $user-name, the variable should be controlled through the aforementioned techniques.

$user-name was first introduced into MicroEmacs in the 2004 release.

SEE ALSO

me(1), $home(5), $search-path(5), $user-path(5), $MENAME(5), emf(8), erf(8).

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Last Modified: 2009/08/29
Generated On: 2009/10/12