diff -Nru pinfo-0.6.8.orig/doc/pinfo.1 pinfo-0.6.8/doc/pinfo.1
--- pinfo-0.6.8.orig/doc/pinfo.1	Thu Aug 21 11:20:06 2003
+++ pinfo-0.6.8/doc/pinfo.1	Thu Oct 16 07:48:48 2003
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@
 
 .SH COLOR AND KEY DEFINITIONS
 .P
-There are configuration files called ~/.pinforc and
+There are configuration files called $HOME_ETC/.pinforc or ~/.pinforc and
 [prefix]/etc/pinforc, for local and global configuration (where prefix is the
 prefix of the directory, where pinfo is installed, i.e. /usr/local, or /).
 Here's an example of such a file; we'll discuss the contents below:
diff -Nru pinfo-0.6.8.orig/doc/pinfo.1.in pinfo-0.6.8/doc/pinfo.1.in
--- pinfo-0.6.8.orig/doc/pinfo.1.in	Thu Aug 21 11:18:00 2003
+++ pinfo-0.6.8/doc/pinfo.1.in	Thu Oct 16 07:50:39 2003
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@
 
 .SH COLOR AND KEY DEFINITIONS
 .P
-There are configuration files called ~/.pinforc and
+There are configuration files called $HOME_ETC/.pinforc or ~/.pinforc and
 [prefix]/etc/pinforc, for local and global configuration (where prefix is the
 prefix of the directory, where pinfo is installed, i.e. /usr/local, or /).
 Here's an example of such a file; we'll discuss the contents below:
diff -Nru pinfo-0.6.8.orig/doc/pinfo.info pinfo-0.6.8/doc/pinfo.info
--- pinfo-0.6.8.orig/doc/pinfo.info	Thu Aug 21 11:20:11 2003
+++ pinfo-0.6.8/doc/pinfo.info	Thu Oct 16 07:51:51 2003
@@ -173,8 +173,8 @@
 file::, and at the key descriptions, *Note Keys::. Keys available in
 manual viewer differ a bit from the keys available in info viewer.
 
-   There are configuration files called `~/.pinforc' and
-`[prefix]/etc/pinforc', for local and global configuration (where
+   There are configuration files called `$HOME_ETC/.pinforc' or `~/.pinforc'
+and `[prefix]/etc/pinforc', for local and global configuration (where
 prefix is the prefix of the directory, where `pinfo' is installed, i.e.
 `/usr/local', or `/usr').
 
diff -Nru pinfo-0.6.8.orig/doc/pinfo.texi pinfo-0.6.8/doc/pinfo.texi
--- pinfo-0.6.8.orig/doc/pinfo.texi	Thu Oct 16 07:41:25 2003
+++ pinfo-0.6.8/doc/pinfo.texi	Thu Oct 16 07:52:47 2003
@@ -201,8 +201,8 @@
 file}, and at the key descriptions, @xref{Keys}. Keys available in
 manual viewer differ a bit from the keys available in info viewer.
 
-There are configuration files called @file{~/.pinforc} and
-@file{[prefix]/etc/pinforc}, for local and global configuration (where
+There are configuration files called @file{$HOME_ETC/.pinforc} or @file{~/.pinforc}
+and @file{[prefix]/etc/pinforc}, for local and global configuration (where
 prefix is the prefix of the directory, where @value{PROGRAM} is
 installed, i.e. @file{/usr/local}, or @file{/usr}).
 
diff -Nru pinfo-0.6.8.orig/src/parse_config.c pinfo-0.6.8/src/parse_config.c
--- pinfo-0.6.8.orig/src/parse_config.c	Thu Aug 21 11:16:01 2003
+++ pinfo-0.6.8/src/parse_config.c	Thu Oct 16 07:44:46 2003
@@ -94,7 +94,9 @@
   else
     {
       if (rcfile == NULL)
-	if (getenv ("HOME"))
+  if (getenv ("HOME_ETC"))
+	  home = strdup (getenv ("HOME_ETC"));
+	else if (getenv ("HOME"))
 	  home = strdup (getenv ("HOME"));
 	else
 	  home = 0;