From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: yary Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#11612: 24.1; Defaults create warning on startup Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2012 15:57:53 -0400 Message-ID: References: <8362b9cyjr.fsf@gnu.org> <91E1E14DBB414F068939D2843B343E69@us.oracle.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1338667165 28955 80.91.229.3 (2 Jun 2012 19:59:25 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2012 19:59:25 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 11612@debbugs.gnu.org To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Jun 02 21:59:23 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1SauTq-0002Kz-4g for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 02 Jun 2012 21:59:22 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:58223 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SauTq-0005aa-0l for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 02 Jun 2012 15:59:22 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:54373) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SauTn-0005aK-9J for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 02 Jun 2012 15:59:20 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SauTl-0007SB-Jt for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 02 Jun 2012 15:59:18 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:45390) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SauTl-0007Rx-E4 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 02 Jun 2012 15:59:17 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SauVS-0003nm-9z for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 02 Jun 2012 16:01:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: yary Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 02 Jun 2012 20:01:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 11612 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 11612-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B11612.133866722714574 (code B ref 11612); Sat, 02 Jun 2012 20:01:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 11612) by debbugs.gnu.org; 2 Jun 2012 20:00:27 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:54935 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SauUt-0003n1-D1 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 02 Jun 2012 16:00:27 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-ob0-f172.google.com ([209.85.214.172]:35114) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SauUZ-0003m8-DS for 11612@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 02 Jun 2012 16:00:26 -0400 Original-Received: by obbeh20 with SMTP id eh20so5940336obb.3 for <11612@debbugs.gnu.org>; Sat, 02 Jun 2012 12:58:13 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=ETHG/EXh/Gh3pL5ReSnP5mBP/lnUeQxgAIjBh8t7Vkk=; b=kZi4mcZvZIhfgEPyQXMJDQJyRNxdZVakj1sjIjHSikdEQC4RLlgzMOKqll9iGmW9EH 2Jm4UsgzAmiBbrDwuPPCLdAbEK7aBKwVTpvUdKyhWcohxYaGQKYy70OlRNnObf6LgXPM HuTYCWIZ3OMy7DLlwTgpYQjIkIE+bRWJhBIiVtQ4M3mMvXC79er533KKVXYMX4WRvuLw doFPtzT0GTIx2DsBu+YhM7BqQ7XJiH1UoA2PkWqQGpmILov9Wd5VAqLedgXKMnjuORCs mA735SNrzQJmFWhLJmgJ4UrTebKvxcFVKZ27qiRWAJVsZetJD2FnOU7i+BOgzvQEvSs1 gz0Q== Original-Received: by 10.50.51.225 with SMTP id n1mr4622318igo.70.1338667093382; Sat, 02 Jun 2012 12:58:13 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.64.141.239 with HTTP; Sat, 2 Jun 2012 12:57:53 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <91E1E14DBB414F068939D2843B343E69@us.oracle.com> X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:60638 Archived-At: On Sat, Jun 2, 2012 at 3:46 PM, Drew Adams 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_. =A0It i= s 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