xonsh/docs/envvars.rst

Environment Variables
=====================
The following table displays information about the environment variables that 
effect XONSH performance in some way. It also lists their default values, if
applicable.

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    * - variable
      - default
      - description
    * - ANSICON
      - No default set
      - This is used on Windows to set the title, if available.
    * - AUTO_PUSHD
      - ``False``
      - Flag for automatically pushing directorties onto the directory stack.
    * - BASH_COMPLETIONS
      - Normally this is ``('/etc/bash_completion', 
                            '/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/git')``
        but on Mac is ``'/usr/local/etc/bash_completion',
                        '/opt/local/etc/profile.d/bash_completion.sh')``.
      - This is a list (or tuple) of strings that specifies where the BASH completion 
        files may be found. The default values are platform dependent, but sane. 
        To specify an alternate list, do so in the run control file.
    * - CASE_SENSITIVE_COMPLETIONS
      - ``True`` on Linux, otherwise ``False``
      - Sets whether completions should be case sensitive or case insensitive.
    * - CDPATH
      - ``[]``
      - A list of paths to be used as roots for a ``cd``, breaking compatibility with 
        bash, xonsh always prefer an existing relative path.
    * - DIRSTACK_SIZE
      - ``20``
      - Maximum size of the directory stack.
    * - FORCE_POSIX_PATHS
      - ``False``
      - Forces forward slashes (``/``) on Windows systems when using auto completion if 
        set to anything truthy.
    * - FORMATTER_DICT
      - xonsh.environ.FORMATTER_DICT  
      - Dictionary containing variables to be used when formatting PROMPT and TITLE 
        see `Customizing the Prompt <tutorial.html#customizing-the-prompt>`_.
    * - INDENT
      - ``'    '``
      - Indentation string for multiline input
    * - MULTILINE_PROMPT
      - ``'.'``
      - Prompt text for 2nd+ lines of input, may be str or function which returns 
        a str.
    * - OLDPWD
      - No default
      - Used to represent a previous present working directory.
    * - PATH
      - ``()``
      - List of strings representing where to look for executables.
    * - PATHEXT
      - ``()``
      - List of strings for filtering valid exeutables by.
    * - PROMPT
      - xonsh.environ.DEFAULT_PROMPT  
      - The prompt text.  May contain keyword arguments which are auto-formatted,
        see `Customizing the Prompt <tutorial.html#customizing-the-prompt>`_.
    * - PROMPT_TOOLKIT_STYLES
      - ``None``
      - This is a mapping of user-specified styles for prompt-toolkit. See the 
        prompt-toolkit documentation for more details. If None, this is skipped.
    * - PUSHD_MINUS
      - ``False``
      - Flag for directory pushing functionality. False is the normal behaviour.
    * - PUSHD_SILENT
      - ``False``
      - Whether or not to supress directory stack manipulation output.
    * - SHELL_TYPE
      - ``'readline'``
      - Which shell is used. Currently two shell types are supported: ``'readline'`` that
        is backed by Python's readline module, and ``'prompt_toolkit'`` that uses 
        external library of the same name. For using prompt_toolkit shell you need 
        to have 
        `prompt_toolkit <https://github.com/jonathanslenders/python-prompt-toolkit>`_
        library installed. To specify which shell should be used, do so in the run 
        control file.
    * - SUGGEST_COMMANDS
      - ``True``
      - When a user types an invalid command, xonsh will try to offer suggestions of 
        similar valid commands if this is ``True``.
    * - SUGGEST_MAX_NUM
      - ``5``
      - xonsh will show at most this many suggestions in response to an invalid command.
        If negative, there is no limit to how many suggestions are shown.
    * - SUGGEST_THRESHOLD
      - ``3``
      - An error threshold. If the Levenshtein distance between the entered command and 
        a valid command is less than this value, the valid command will be offered as a 
        suggestion.
    * - TERM
      - No default
      - TERM is sometimes set by the terminal emulator. This is used (when valid)
        to determine whether or not to set the title. Users shouldn't need to 
        set this themselves.
    * - TITLE
      - xonsh.environ.DEFAULT_TITLE
      - The title text for the window in which xonsh is running. Formatted in the same 
        manner as PROMPT, 
        see `Customizing the Prompt <tutorial.html#customizing-the-prompt>`_.
    * - XDG_CONFIG_HOME
      - ``~/.config``
      - Open desktop standard configuration home dir. This is the same default as
        used in the standard.
    * - XDG_DATA_HOME
      - ``~/.local/share``
      - Open desktop standard data home dir. This is the same default as used
        in the standard.
    * - XONSHCONFIG
      - ``$XONSH_CONFIG_DIR/config.json``
      - The location of the static xonsh configuration file, if it exists. This is
        in JSON format.
    * - XONSHRC
      - ``~/.xonshrc``
      - Location of run control file.
    * - XONSH_CONFIG_DIR
      - ``$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/xonsh``
      - This is location where xonsh configuration information is stored.
    * - XONSH_DATA_DIR
      - ``$XDG_DATA_HOME/xonsh``
      - This is the location where xonsh data files are stored, such as history.
    * - XONSH_HISTORY_FILE
      - ``'~/.xonsh_history'``
      - Location of history file (deprecated).
    * - XONSH_HISTORY_SIZE
      - ``(8128, 'commands')`` or ``'8128 commands'``           
      - Value and units tuple that sets the size of history after garbage collection. 
        Canonical units are ``'commands'`` for the number of past commands executed, 
        ``'files'`` for the number of history files to keep, ``'s'`` for the number of
        seconds in the past that are allowed, and ``'b'`` for the number of bytes that 
        are allowed for history to consume. Common abbreviations, such as ``6 months``
        or ``1 GB`` are also allowed.
    * - XONSH_INTERACTIVE
      - 
      - ``True`` if xonsh is running interactively, and ``False`` otherwise.
    * - XONSH_SHOW_TRACEBACK
      - ``False`` but not set
      - Controls if a traceback is shown exceptions occur in the shell. Set ``True`` 
        to always show or ``False`` to always hide. If undefined then traceback is 
        hidden but a notice is shown on how to enable the traceback.
    * - XONSH_STORE_STDOUT 
      - ``False``
      - Whether or not to store the stdout and stderr streams in the history files.