From: npostavs@users.sourceforge.net
To: Andy Moreton <andrewjmoreton@gmail.com>
Cc: 8653@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#8653: 24.0.50; `M-x grep' output converts `~' to /cygdrive/c/...
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2017 20:36:46 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87h92i2nvl.fsf@users.sourceforge.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <vz1tyczu72b.fsf@gmail.com> (Andy Moreton's message of "Thu, 12 May 2011 19:06:52 +0100")
tags 8653 notabug
close 8653
quit
Andy Moreton <andrewjmoreton@gmail.com> writes:
> On Thu 12 May 2011, Drew Adams wrote:
>
>> It sounds like you are confirming that "the problem" exists even for later
>> Cygwin versions: Users cannot have HOME=c:\ and avoid the noise. Is that
>> correct?
>>
>> Users should be able to have HOME= c:\.
>> That should be a no-brainer.
>
> Sure - tell cygwin that /home is mounted at C:\ and you're done.
>
>> But this bug report is not about fixing Cygwin. If there is nothing Emacs could
>> or should do here, then we can close this bug.
>
> Agreed.
Sounds like the best fix is for the user to configure cygwin to
translate '/cygdrive/c' into '~' (if they want HOME=C:\), therefore I'm
closing this.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-03-25 0:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-05-11 15:33 bug#8653: 24.0.50; `M-x grep' output converts `~' to /cygdrive/c/ Drew Adams
2011-05-11 18:05 ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-05-11 18:24 ` Drew Adams
2011-05-12 11:52 ` Andy Moreton
2011-05-12 13:58 ` Drew Adams
2011-05-12 14:34 ` Andy Moreton
2011-05-12 15:34 ` Drew Adams
2011-05-12 18:06 ` Andy Moreton
2017-03-25 0:36 ` npostavs [this message]
2011-05-12 14:23 ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-05-12 15:09 ` Andy Moreton
2011-05-12 17:10 ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-05-12 0:54 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-05-12 13:42 ` Drew Adams
2011-05-12 14:32 ` Jason Rumney
2011-05-12 15:34 ` Drew Adams
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