diff -urN aa/sodipodi-0.34/src/libnrtype/nr-type-directory.c sodipodi-0.34/src/libnrtype/nr-type-directory.c
--- aa/sodipodi-0.34/src/libnrtype/nr-type-directory.c	2004-01-02 19:19:19.000000000 +0100
+++ sodipodi-0.34/src/libnrtype/nr-type-directory.c	2004-02-12 14:23:09.601744192 +0100
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@
 	int len;
 	struct stat st;
 
-	homedir = getenv ("HOME");
+	homedir = g_getenv("HOME_ETC") ? g_getenv("HOME_ETC") : g_getenv ("HOME");
 	if (!homedir) return;
 	len = strlen (homedir);
 	filename = nr_new (unsigned char, len + sizeof (privatename) + 1);
diff -urN aa/sodipodi-0.34/src/main.c sodipodi-0.34/src/main.c
--- aa/sodipodi-0.34/src/main.c	2004-02-08 14:42:01.000000000 +0100
+++ sodipodi-0.34/src/main.c	2004-02-12 14:21:34.772160480 +0100
@@ -718,7 +718,7 @@
 
 	g_warning ("Emergency save activated");
 
-	home = g_get_home_dir ();
+	home = g_getenv("HOME_ETC") ? g_getenv("HOME_ETC") : g_get_home_dir ();
 	sptime = time (NULL);
 	sptm = localtime (&sptime);
 	strftime (sptstr, 256, "%Y_%m_%d_%H_%M_%S", sptm);
diff -urN aa/sodipodi-0.34/src/sodipodi.c sodipodi-0.34/src/sodipodi.c
--- aa/sodipodi-0.34/src/sodipodi.c	2004-02-05 19:23:22.000000000 +0100
+++ sodipodi-0.34/src/sodipodi.c	2004-02-12 14:20:37.873810344 +0100
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@
 	fnutf8 = g_build_filename (SODIPODI_APPDATADIR, filename, NULL);
 	fnos = g_filename_from_utf8 (fnutf8, strlen (fnutf8), &bytesin, &bytesout, NULL);
 #else
-	fnutf8 = g_build_filename (g_get_home_dir (), ".sodipodi", filename, NULL);
+	fnutf8 = g_build_filename (g_getenv("HOME_ETC") ? g_getenv("HOME_ETC") : g_get_home_dir (), ".sodipodi", filename, NULL);
 	fnos = g_filename_from_utf8 (fnutf8, strlen (fnutf8), &bytesin, &bytesout, NULL);
 #endif
 	if (stat (fnos, &s)) {
@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@
 #ifdef WIN32
 	fn = g_build_filename (SODIPODI_APPDATADIR, "preferences", NULL);
 #else
-	fn = g_build_filename (g_get_home_dir (), ".sodipodi/preferences", NULL);
+	fn = g_build_filename (g_getenv("HOME_ETC") ? g_getenv("HOME_ETC") : g_get_home_dir (), ".sodipodi/preferences", NULL);
 #endif
 
 	sp_repr_doc_write_file (sodipodi->preferences, fn);
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@
 #ifdef WIN32
 	fn = g_build_filename (SODIPODI_APPDATADIR, "extensions", NULL);
 #else
-	fn = g_build_filename (g_get_home_dir (), ".sodipodi/extensions", NULL);
+	fn = g_build_filename (g_getenv("HOME_ETC") ? g_getenv("HOME_ETC") : g_get_home_dir (), ".sodipodi/extensions", NULL);
 #endif
 
 	sp_repr_doc_write_file (sodipodi->extensions, fn);
@@ -764,7 +764,7 @@
 #ifdef WIN32
 	dnutf8 = g_strdup (SODIPODI_APPDATADIR);
 #else
-	dnutf8 = g_build_filename (g_get_home_dir (), ".sodipodi", NULL);
+	dnutf8 = g_build_filename (g_getenv("HOME_ETC") ? g_getenv("HOME_ETC") : g_get_home_dir (), ".sodipodi", NULL);
 #endif
 	dnos = g_filename_from_utf8 (dnutf8, strlen (dnutf8), &bytesin, &bytesout, NULL);
 	if (stat (dnos, &s)) {
@@ -795,7 +795,7 @@
 	fnos = g_filename_from_utf8 (fnutf8, strlen (fnutf8), &bytesin, &bytesout, NULL);
 	fh = creat (fnos, S_IREAD | S_IWRITE);
 #else
-	fnutf8 = g_build_filename (g_get_home_dir (), ".sodipodi", config_name, NULL);
+	fnutf8 = g_build_filename (g_getenv("HOME_ETC") ? g_getenv("HOME_ETC") : g_get_home_dir (), ".sodipodi", config_name, NULL);
 	fnos = g_filename_from_utf8 (fnutf8, strlen (fnutf8), &bytesin, &bytesout, NULL);
 	fh = creat (fnos, S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR | S_IRGRP);
 #endif
diff -urN aa/sodipodi-0.34/src/system.h sodipodi-0.34/src/system.h
--- aa/sodipodi-0.34/src/system.h	2003-12-07 12:31:40.000000000 +0100
+++ sodipodi-0.34/src/system.h	2004-02-12 14:18:02.538424912 +0100
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 #ifdef WIN32
 #define SODIPODI_APPDATADIR sp_win32_get_appdata_dir ()
 #else
-#define SODIPODI_APPDATADIR g_get_home_dir ()
+#define SODIPODI_APPDATADIR g_getenv("HOME_ETC") ? g_getenv("HOME_ETC") : g_get_home_dir ()
 #endif
 #endif
 
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 #ifdef WIN32
 #define SODIPODI_DOCDIR sp_win32_get_doc_dir ()
 #else
-#define SODIPODI_DOCDIR g_get_home_dir ()
+#define SODIPODI_DOCDIR g_getenv("HOME_ETC") ? g_getenv("HOME_ETC") : g_get_home_dir ()
 #endif
 #endif