me32.ini(8)

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NAME

me32.ini - Microsoft Window's Initialization (ini) File

SYNOPSIS

[Location]
exe=<executablePathname>

[Defaults]
mepath=<directoryPath>
userpath=<directoryPath>
fontfile=<fontFileName>

[<userName>]
<environmentVariable>=<value>
<environmentVariable>=<value>

; Comments commence with a semi-colon

PLATFORM

Microsoft Windows environments only

DESCRIPTION

me32.ini is the Microsoft Windows configuration file, located in the windows directory (typically C:\Windows), the me32.ini file is primarily used to counteract the deficiencies of Windows shell environment (as compared with UNIX) with respect to the initialization of environment variables.

The configuration file may be considered to be split into two sections, a Defaults section, which defines system settings and a User section which allows environment variables to be defined.

User Section

The User Section is executed prior to the Defaults Section. The User Section uses the user name which is defined as follows:-

The environment variable $MENAME(5).
The login name under Windows '95 or NT if $MENAME is not set. If the login name is defined then environment variable $MENAME is set to this value.
The environment variable $LOGNAME(5) if the login name cannot be located.
guest if none of the above are defined.

A section [userName] is looked up, and if located each of the entries <environmentVariable> = <value> is extracted and pushed into the execution environment. The <environmentVariable> is automatically promoted to upper case if specified as a lower case entry. The environment variables may be subsequently used within the .emf macro files to configure MicroEmacs '99 at start up.

Any value may be inserted into the environment including the $MENAME environment variable which is used in the next section.

Defaults Section

The defaults section, labeled [Defaults] includes the following keys:-

mepath

The directory (or folder) location of the MicroEmacs '99 default configuration files.

userpath

The directory (or folder) location of the user(s) directories.

Given that the userpath is specified as c:\me98.5 and the user is called foo, then the directory location c:\me98.5\foo is considered to be the user path.

If the userpath is omitted then the mepath entry is used as the user path.

The userpath and mepath entries are concatenated together to form the environment variable $MEPATH(5), e.g. userpath\logname;mepath. If the entries are omitted the then environment variable $MEPATH is used as defined. The mepath and userpath are configured initialy by the InstallShield installation process.

fontfile

dosapp.fon

Location Section

The location section, labeled [Location], identifies the location of MicroEmacs '99, and is typically used by other components to find and launch MicroEmacs. The section includes the following keys:-

exe

The absolute pathname to the MicroEmacs '99 executable image.

EXAMPLE

The following is an example of the me32.ini file:-

; External locater for the executable 
[Location] 
exe=c:\Program Files\JASSPA\MicroEmacs\me32.exe 
; 
[Defaults] 
; mepath 
; The location of the MicroEmacs common files. 
; 
mepath=d:/me98.4/common 
; 
; userpath - The location of the users MicroEmacs directory. 
; The $MENAME is appended as a directory to userpath 
; 
userpath=d:/me98.4/common 
; 
; fontfile - The name of the font file used as default. 
fontfile=dosapp.fon 
; 
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; 
; 
; Environment settings for a user. 
; All settings are pushed into the environment. 
; 
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; 
; 
[guest] 
term=8x12 
; 
[jon] 
MENAME=jon 
FOO=bar 
; 
[jnaught] 
MENAME=jon 
FOO=bar 
; 
[bill] 
....

Note that multiple users share the same me32.ini file, each user may include their own configuration settings which may be interrogated in the configuration files (e.g. $FOO is assigned the value bar, which may be extracted from the environment context).