Re: gEDA-user: How do I reference a shell variable from guile script?

[Kai-Martin Knaak <kmk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 07 Apr 2010 10:49:14 -0700, Dave N6NZ wrote:

> Suppose I want to build a path like: $HOME/<path>/gedasymbols to pick up
> component libraries, without unrolling $HOME into a hard path in a
> (define..) -- how do I get guile to pick up the value of $HOME from the
> shell, and then get it pasted into the rest of the stuff?
My gafrc uses 
	getenv "HOME"	
to build paths and use it further down the line. For example:

(define symbolspath (build-path (getenv "HOME") "geda" "symbols"))
(component-library (build-path symbolspath "titleblock"))
(component-library (build-path symbolspath "power"))
(...)

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