+## Acquiring root privileges. This is mainly the job of `bashrc', but we
+## cache the mechanism here.
+export __MDW_ROOTLY=`mdw-conf rootly`
+export BECOME="--preserve-environment"
+
+## It's useful to see the little sigils in `ls'.
+[ -z "$LS_OPTIONS" ] && export LS_OPTIONS="-F"
+
+## Settings for BBC BASIC listing.
+export BASCAT="-l +n"
+
+## Version control hacking.
+export CVS_RSH=ssh
+export CVSROOT=`mdw-conf cvs-root`
+export SVNROOT=`mdw-conf svn-root`
+export P4CONFIG=.p4
+
+## News server.
+[ -z "$NNTPSERVER" ] && export NNTPSERVER=`mdw-conf nntp-server`
+
+## Help X programs find their resources.
+export XUSERFILESEARCHPATH="$HOME/.Xapps/%N:/usr/lib/X11/%T/%N%S"
+
+## Make OpenOffice.org do its thing properly.
+export OOO_FORCE_DESKTOP=gnome
+
+## Configure `ps'.
+export PS_PERSONALITY=gnu
+
+## Disable core dumps.