From: yary <not.com@gmail.com>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: 11612@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#11612: 24.1; Defaults create warning on startup
Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2012 15:57:53 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAG2CFAbAGRAPcxk6BAnJ0dKwA7aAcGG25s+wCtKxyJVb4X0w8A@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <91E1E14DBB414F068939D2843B343E69@us.oracle.com>
On Sat, Jun 2, 2012 at 3:46 PM, Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> wrote:
>> Could the warning message "Setting HOME to C:\ by default is
>> deprecated" also include "Move .emacs out from C:\"
>
> There is nothing wrong with having .emacs in c:\.
>
> IIUC, this change is about Emacs not looking in c:\ _by default_. It is not
> about discouraging or forbidding anyone from setting HOME to c:\.
OK, I didn't know the background. A pointer to an info node about the
change might be more appropriate, give room for description.
The problem I had was being confronted with a warning, not being sure
of the source, not finding a variable "HOME" after typing "c-h v HOME"
("c-h v *home*" got me closer, but the docs for abbreviated-home-dir
didn't tell me much), and not knowing where and how HOME was being
set. So all this warning needs is a little more verbosity, giving the
end user more help on fixing the cause.
Thanks
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-06-02 19:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-06-02 18:58 bug#11612: 24.1; Defaults create warning on startup yary
2012-06-02 19:18 ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-06-02 19:43 ` yary
2012-06-02 19:46 ` Drew Adams
2012-06-02 19:57 ` yary [this message]
2013-04-23 14:05 ` Michael
2013-04-23 17:54 ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-06-03 19:38 ` Juanma Barranquero
2012-06-04 3:50 ` Jason Rumney
2012-06-04 4:22 ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-06-04 13:24 ` Drew Adams
2016-06-25 3:28 ` Noam Postavsky
2016-06-25 4:31 ` Drew Adams
2016-06-25 8:16 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-06-25 13:42 ` Noam Postavsky
2016-06-25 13:51 ` yary
2016-06-25 14:18 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-06-25 15:30 ` Noam Postavsky
2016-06-25 15:40 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-06-27 1:01 ` Noam Postavsky
2016-06-27 11:15 ` Andy Moreton
2016-06-27 12:04 ` Noam Postavsky
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