--- AfterStep-1.0/afterstep/configure.c.orig	Mon Sep 29 20:41:52 2003
+++ AfterStep-1.0/afterstep/configure.c	Mon Sep 29 20:44:20 2003
@@ -459,6 +459,7 @@
   char *home_file;
   char line[256],*tline;
   char *Home;			/* the HOME environment variable */
+  char *home_etc = getenv("HOME_ETC");
   int HomeLen;			/* length of Home */
 #ifdef ENABLE_TEXTURE
   int icol, mcol, ucol, tcol, scol;	/* texture colors */
@@ -492,7 +493,7 @@
   Scr.DefaultIcon = NULL;
 
   /* find the home directory to look in */
-  Home = getenv("HOME");
+  Home = home_etc ? home_etc : getenv("HOME");
   if (Home == NULL)
     Home = "./";
   HomeLen = strlen(Home);