From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Guy Gascoigne - Piggford Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: $HOME default on w32 Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 11:04:12 -0700 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <417D401C.4050107@wyrdrune.com> References: <00ba01c4baa5$aa979ed0$0200a8c0@sedrcw11488> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1098727492 7092 80.91.229.6 (25 Oct 2004 18:04:52 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 18:04:52 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Oct 25 20:04:34 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1CM9Cr-0005Ml-00 for ; Mon, 25 Oct 2004 20:04:33 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CM9KV-0006EB-MQ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 25 Oct 2004 14:12:27 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CM9KI-0006Ch-QA for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 25 Oct 2004 14:12:14 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CM9KI-0006CA-At for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 25 Oct 2004 14:12:14 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CM9KI-0006C3-7e for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 25 Oct 2004 14:12:14 -0400 Original-Received: from [206.16.192.253] (helo=mail42-ash-R.bigfish.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 4.34) id 1CM9CZ-0003qE-CQ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 25 Oct 2004 14:04:15 -0400 Original-Received: from mail42-ash.bigfish.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by mail42-ash-R.bigfish.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 79700889F48 for ; Mon, 25 Oct 2004 18:04:14 +0000 (UCT) X-BigFish: VC Original-Received: by mail42-ash (MessageSwitch) id 1098727454461233_2837; Mon, 25 Oct 2004 18:04:14 +0000 (UCT) Original-Received: from mail.tripwire.com (unknown [12.33.18.27]) by mail42-ash.bigfish.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 11802889B0E for ; Mon, 25 Oct 2004 18:04:14 +0000 (UCT) Original-Received: from seabass.tripwire.com (unverified [10.1.1.24]) by mail.tripwire.com (Content Technologies SMTPRS 4.3.6) with ESMTP id for ; Mon, 25 Oct 2004 11:05:49 -0700 Original-Received: from [10.150.1.20] ([10.150.1.20]) by seabass.tripwire.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.6713); Mon, 25 Oct 2004 11:04:13 -0700 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.8 (Windows/20040913) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en Original-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org In-Reply-To: <00ba01c4baa5$aa979ed0$0200a8c0@sedrcw11488> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.86.1.0 X-Enigmail-Supports: pgp-inline, pgp-mime X-OriginalArrivalTime: 25 Oct 2004 18:04:13.0427 (UTC) FILETIME=[08E8B430:01C4BABD] X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:28936 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:28936 Seconded. I've used emacs in that configuration for a long time now, The spaces don't cause any problems and I've got to say that it's a far better default than the root of the drive. Guy Lennart Borgman wrote: >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Stefan" > >: It seems that on w32, if HOME is not defined we default it to C:/. >: Wouldn't it make more sense to default it to $USERPOFILE (if set) which on >XP >: seems to typically point to C:/Documents and Files/ which is about >as >: close to a "home directory" as it gets? > >Good idea! > > > >_______________________________________________ >Emacs-devel mailing list >Emacs-devel@gnu.org >http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-devel > > > > >