diff -urN grace-5.1.2/src/main.c grace-5.1.2-HOME-ETC/src/main.c
--- grace-5.1.2/src/main.c	Mon Aug 14 00:53:13 2000
+++ grace-5.1.2-HOME-ETC/src/main.c	Thu Dec  7 14:56:29 2000
@@ -32,6 +32,12 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <string.h>
+
+/* ETC-HOME support for PLD */
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+
 #ifdef HAVE_FCNTL_H
 #  include <fcntl.h>
 #endif
@@ -76,7 +82,8 @@
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
-    char *s;
+    char *s, *config_file;
+    struct stat statb;
     int i, j;
     int gno;
     int fd;
@@ -223,9 +230,43 @@
     /* default is POSIX */
     set_locale_num(FALSE);
     
+    /* HOME-ETC support for PLD */
+    config_file = (char *) malloc(sizeof(char) * GR_MAXPATHLEN);
+    if ((s = getenv("CONFIG_DIR")) != NULL) {
+      strncpy(config_file, getenv("HOME"), GR_MAXPATHLEN - 1);
+      if (s[0] == '~')
+	strncat(config_file, s+1, GR_MAXPATHLEN - strlen(config_file) - 1);
+      else {     
+	strncat(config_file, "/", GR_MAXPATHLEN - strlen(config_file) - 1);
+	strncat(config_file, s, GR_MAXPATHLEN - strlen(config_file) - 1);
+      }
+      if (config_file[strlen(s) - 1] == '/')
+	config_file[strlen(s) - 1] = 0;
+      if (stat(config_file, &statb) != -1) {
+	strncat(config_file, "/gracerc", GR_MAXPATHLEN - strlen(config_file) - 1);
+	if (stat(config_file, &statb) == -1) {
+	  if (stat("gracerc", &statb) != -1) {
+	    if (rename("gracerc", config_file) == -1) {
+	      fprintf(stderr, "Couldn't create file %s: %s\n", config_file, strerror(errno));
+	      strcpy(config_file, "gracerc");
+	    }
+	    else
+	      fprintf(stderr, "Moved config file 'gracerc' to %s.\n", config_file);
+	  }
+	  else
+	    strcpy(config_file, "gracerc");
+	}
+      }
+      else
+	strcpy(config_file, "gracerc");
+    }
+    else
+      strcpy(config_file, "gracerc");
+    
     /* load startup file */
-    getparms("gracerc");
-
+    getparms(config_file);
+    free(config_file);
+    
     /* load default template */
     new_project(NULL);