From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Kai Grossjohann Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: $HOME default on w32 Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 09:32:09 +0200 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <86lldu5406.fsf@ketchup.de.uu.net> References: <00ba01c4baa5$aa979ed0$0200a8c0@sedrcw11488> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1098776607 20733 80.91.229.6 (26 Oct 2004 07:43:27 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 07:43:27 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Oct 26 09:43:15 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 1CMLz8-0004PP-00 for ; Tue, 26 Oct 2004 09:43:15 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CMM6p-0006uD-6a for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 26 Oct 2004 03:51:11 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CMM4X-0006Rg-1x for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 26 Oct 2004 03:48:49 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CMM4W-0006R2-2V for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 26 Oct 2004 03:48:48 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CMM4V-0006Qn-R7 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 26 Oct 2004 03:48:47 -0400 Original-Received: from [80.91.229.2] (helo=main.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1CMLwh-0000nj-Se for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 26 Oct 2004 03:40:44 -0400 Original-Received: from root by main.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1CMLwh-0001PL-00 for ; Tue, 26 Oct 2004 09:40:43 +0200 Original-Received: from ketchup.de.uu.net ([139.4.38.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 26 Oct 2004 09:40:43 +0200 Original-Received: from kai by ketchup.de.uu.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 26 Oct 2004 09:40:43 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-Lines: 12 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: ketchup.de.uu.net User-Agent: Gnus/5.110003 (No Gnus v0.3) Emacs/21.3.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:69EePO6vnRMVEvp8RIRXtFQWtrA= 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:28956 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:28956 CHENG Gao writes: > And I dont think the dir is simply C:/Documents and Settings/, it > may be C:/Documents and Settings/Application Data/ or C:/Documents and > Settings/Local Settings/Application Data/. I am not sure. I think there is an environment variable that always points to the right directory. Emacs could make %HOME% an alias for that other environment variable. Or copy the value of the right variable into %HOME%. Or read the right variable in the first place. Kai