From: John Sampson <jrs.idx@ntlworld.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: 13532@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#13532: menuacc bug
Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2013 08:37:13 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5100F2B9.5090606@ntlworld.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <838v7jmefd.fsf@gnu.org>
On 24/01/2013 03:45, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>> Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2013 20:39:23 +0000
>> From: John Sampson <jrs.idx@ntlworld.com>
>> CC: 13532@debbugs.gnu.org
>>
>> I have downloaded and unpacked again, after deleting the two folders I
>> mentioned. This time there is
>> only one folder, emacs-24.2. Running emacs now causes the error message
>> "Creating directory:
>> no such file or directory, c:/emacs-23.4/.emacs.d/
> I'm guessing that your HOME environment variable points to
> "c:/emacs-23.4". You need to point it to an existing directory,
> preferably one outside the Emacs directory (so that removing the
> directory won't remove your .emacs file).
>
>
Many thanks. I have changed HOME to point to an unrelated folder, and
now Emacs
runs normally. I notice that c:/emacs-23.4 has reappeared.
Regards
John
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-01-24 8:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-01-23 9:02 bug#13532: menuacc bug John Sampson
2013-01-23 15:49 ` Eli Zaretskii
[not found] ` <51001AEA.6070901@ntlworld.com>
2013-01-23 17:53 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-01-23 20:39 ` John Sampson
2013-01-24 3:45 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-01-24 8:37 ` John Sampson [this message]
2013-01-24 16:19 ` Eli Zaretskii
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