Re: [PATCH] for review - Allow expansion of "~" (as opposed to "~user")

[Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>]

> From: Michal Nazarewicz <mina86@mina86.com>
> Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
> Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2015 10:44:07 +0100
> 
> Looking at that code, it appears it’s inconsistent on Windows when it
> comes to handling ~/.emacs.d/init.el.  If I understand it correctly,
> here’s how Emacs behave on Windows:
> 
> * emacs        -> load ~/.emacs, ~/_emacs or ~/.emacs.d/init.el
> * emacs -u foo -> load ~/.emacs or ~/_emacs

I'm not bothered about the inconsistency, since the "-u foo"
"handling" is a kludge for a situation that shouldn't happen.  I
wouldn't object to emitting an error in that case.

> I would expect it to try loading ~/.emacs.d/init.el as well.  Perhaps we
> need something along the lines of:

I have no opinion about the suggested changes (nor do I object to
them).  But please keep ~USER "supported" on MS-DOS, exactly as it is
now.  I don't want to change anything in that port, unless really
needed.

Thanks.