System configuration
                                      
   System customization is performed thanks to the "system.se" file which
   must be in the sub-directory "sys" of the installation directory.
   
   When the system name is correctly set in the file "system.se",
   SmallEiffel performs some automatic customizations. For example, if
   the "system.se" file contains the string "DOS", SmallEiffel uses the
   suffix ".BAT" for script files and the suffix ".EXE" for executables
   files.
   
   The "sys" directory contains various files to customize SmallEiffel
   with the system, the C compiler and the linker used as well as the
   default loadpath used to look for Eiffel source code.
   
   The SmallEiffel environment variable
   
   Environment variable SmallEiffel must be set with the absolute path of
   the file "system.se" which is in the sub-directory "sys" of the
   installation directory.
   Under a UNIX-like system, the value of the SmallEiffel environment
   variable may be for example: /usr/lib/SmallEiffel/sys/system.se
   The contents of the file "system.se" indicate the [1]system you are
   running.
   
   File system.se
   
   The first word of file "system.se" is used by SmallEiffel to know
   which operating system is running. Currently supported values are:
   
   UNIX for all UNIX-like systems, GNU/Linux, HP-UX, Solaris, SunOS,
   Irix, XENIX, etc.
   Windows for Windows 95 and Windows NT systems (using long filenames).
   DOS for MS-DOS systems or Windows 3.x (using short filenames, with 8.3
   scheme).
   Macintosh for Macintosh systems (68K and PPC)
   BeOS for the BeOS system
   Amiga for the Amiga system
   OS2 for IBM OS/2 systems
   VMS for the VMS systems
   
   You must choose the appropriate system name in the previous list and
   update file "system.se". To be sure that the previous list is
   up-to-date, just put a bad system name in the file "system.se" and
   then run for example command compile.
   
   The system name will then be used to access various files
   corresponding to the system you chose. For example, if you declared
   "Windows", only files with extension "Windows" will be considered
   (e.g. files like "loadpath.Windows", "compiler.Windows",
   "linker.Windows", etc...).
   
   File loadpath.system
   
   This file is used to set the default global load path for Eiffel
   source code. As seen previously, only file "loadpath.UNIX" is
   considered when content of file "system.se" is UNIX. All commands are
   using the same algorithm to search Eiffel source code (see [2]finder
   for more information).
   
   File compiler.system
   
   To set the default C compiler and its default options. Only the first
   line of this file is read.
   
   File linker.system
   
   To set the default linker and its default options. Only the first line
   of this file is read.
   
   File o_suffix.system
   
   The first word of this file indicates the suffix for object files.
   Usually ".o" under UNIX, ".OBJ" for VMS, may be ".o" or ".obj" for
   Windows, ...
   
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   Copyright © Dominique COLNET and Suzanne COLLIN - [3]<colnet@loria.fr>
              Last update: Sunday December 6th, 1998, by OZ. 

References

   1. file://localhost/home/colnet/SmallEiffel/man/man/system.html
   2. file://localhost/home/colnet/SmallEiffel/man/man/finder.html#algorithm
   3. mailto:colnet@loria.fr