* HOME variable
@ 2004-09-10 4:01 Jaydutt Shukla
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From: Jaydutt Shukla @ 2004-09-10 4:01 UTC (permalink / raw)
This is not a bug but I did not know where else to report it.
Emacs (v21.3) uses the HOME variable as its root folder and in the
installation instructions suggest using c:\Emacs as the root folder.
This implies that I have to set HOME to be equal to "C:\Emacs" This is
okay but when other programs also need the HOME variable it causes
problem. For example, I just installed Cygwin on my computer and it uses
c:\Emacs as its starting directory, which is very annoying because I
expected it to start either in c:\ or c:\%USERPROFILE%\. Users can
always work aroung by changing directory (manually or using scripts) but
that is not a good approach. So I suggest using the variable EMACSHOME
or something that would associate it with Emacs unambiguously.
Thanks
Jaydutt Shukla
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* Re: HOME variable
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@ 2004-09-10 4:56 ` Kin Cho
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From: Kin Cho @ 2004-09-10 4:56 UTC (permalink / raw)
Use a batch file to start emacs instead:
set HOME=c:\emacs\
start c:\emacs-21.3\bin\runemacs
-kin
Jaydutt Shukla <jaydutts@wam.umd.edu> writes:
> This is not a bug but I did not know where else to report it.
>
> Emacs (v21.3) uses the HOME variable as its root folder and in the
> installation instructions suggest using c:\Emacs as the root folder.
> This implies that I have to set HOME to be equal to "C:\Emacs" This is
> okay but when other programs also need the HOME variable it causes
> problem. For example, I just installed Cygwin on my computer and it uses
> c:\Emacs as its starting directory, which is very annoying because I
> expected it to start either in c:\ or c:\%USERPROFILE%\. Users can
> always work aroung by changing directory (manually or using scripts) but
> that is not a good approach. So I suggest using the variable EMACSHOME
> or something that would associate it with Emacs unambiguously.
>
> Thanks
> Jaydutt Shukla
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