diff -Nru abiword-2.0.1.orig/abi/src/af/xap/unix/xap_UnixApp.cpp abiword-2.0.1/abi/src/af/xap/unix/xap_UnixApp.cpp
--- abiword-2.0.1.orig/abi/src/af/xap/unix/xap_UnixApp.cpp	2003-06-07 18:28:14.000000000 +0200
+++ abiword-2.0.1/abi/src/af/xap/unix/xap_UnixApp.cpp	2003-11-14 09:12:37.000000000 +0100
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@
 	static char buf[PATH_MAX];
 	memset(buf,0,sizeof(buf));
 	
-	char * szHome = getenv("HOME");
+	char * szHome = getenv("HOME_ETC") ? getenv("HOME_ETC") : getenv("HOME");
 	if (!szHome || !*szHome)
 		szHome = "./";
 	
diff -Nru abiword-2.0.1.orig/abi/src/wp/ap/unix/ap_UnixApp.cpp abiword-2.0.1/abi/src/wp/ap/unix/ap_UnixApp.cpp
--- abiword-2.0.1.orig/abi/src/wp/ap/unix/ap_UnixApp.cpp	2003-10-10 15:35:35.000000000 +0200
+++ abiword-2.0.1/abi/src/wp/ap/unix/ap_UnixApp.cpp	2003-11-14 09:14:05.000000000 +0100
@@ -1099,7 +1099,7 @@
 	static char buf[PATH_MAX];
 	memset(buf,0,sizeof(buf));
 	
-	char * szHome = getenv("HOME");
+	char * szHome = getenv("HOME_ETC") ? getenv("HOME_ETC") : getenv("HOME");
 	if (!szHome || !*szHome)
 		szHome = "./";
 	
--- abiword-2.0.1.orig/popt/poptconfig.c	2002-11-11 03:00:51.000000000 +0100
+++ abiword-2.0.1/popt/poptconfig.c	2003-11-14 09:55:31.000000000 +0100
@@ -144,7 +144,9 @@
     }
 #endif
 
-    if ((home = getenv("HOME"))) {
+	home = getenv("HOME_ETC");
+	if (!home) home = getenv("HOME");
+    if (home) {
 	fn = alloca(strlen(home) + 20);
 	strcpy(fn, home);
 	strcat(fn, "/.popt");