From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eric Hanchrow Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: Re: problem with all windows emacs distributions Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 14:04:45 -0700 Message-ID: <878xmq7hg2.fsf@offby1.atm01.sea.blarg.net> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1153261291 2207 80.91.229.2 (18 Jul 2006 22:21:31 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 22:21:31 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jul 19 00:21:31 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1G2xwK-0002dO-Tp for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 19 Jul 2006 00:21:20 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1G2xwK-0001ZT-BP for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 18 Jul 2006 18:21:16 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1G2xvD-0000nl-Jv for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Jul 2006 18:20:07 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1G2xvB-0000mw-UA for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Jul 2006 18:20:07 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1G2xvB-0000mq-JM for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Jul 2006 18:20:05 -0400 Original-Received: from [80.91.229.2] (helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA:32) (Exim 4.52) id 1G2xyA-0000KR-Dg for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Jul 2006 18:23:10 -0400 Original-Received: from root by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1G2xv8-0002Sz-Pq for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 19 Jul 2006 00:20:02 +0200 Original-Received: from q-static-138-125.avvanta.com ([206.124.138.125]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 19 Jul 2006 00:20:02 +0200 Original-Received: from offby1 by q-static-138-125.avvanta.com with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 19 Jul 2006 00:20:02 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-Lines: 14 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: q-static-138-125.avvanta.com User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.51 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:cINzjvU+e0pWZdyqG+rlW/JY+e0= X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:15227 Archived-At: >>From (info "(emacs)General Variables"): `HOME' The location of your files in the directory tree; used for expansion of file names starting with a tilde (`~'). ... On Windows, the default value of `HOME' is the `Application Data' subdirectory of the user profile directory (normally, this is `C:/Documents and Settings/USERNAME/Application Data', where USERNAME is your user name), though for backwards compatibility `C:/' will be used instead if a `.emacs' file is found there. -- I shrivel inside each time [Star Wars] is mentioned. -- Sir Alec Guinness