From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: RE: abbreviate-file-name on Windows seems incorrect Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2007 14:42:45 -0800 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1168123426 6515 80.91.229.12 (6 Jan 2007 22:43:46 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2007 22:43:46 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Jan 06 23:43:44 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1H3KGM-0007rg-RC for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 06 Jan 2007 23:43:43 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1H3KGM-0008AW-A7 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 06 Jan 2007 17:43:42 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1H3KG9-000888-Rj for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 06 Jan 2007 17:43:29 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1H3KG7-00086S-RY for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 06 Jan 2007 17:43:29 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1H3KG7-00086L-P0 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 06 Jan 2007 17:43:27 -0500 Original-Received: from [148.87.113.118] (helo=rgminet01.oracle.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA:32) (Exim 4.52) id 1H3KG7-0008OS-Ai for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 06 Jan 2007 17:43:27 -0500 Original-Received: from rgmgw3.us.oracle.com (rgmgw3.us.oracle.com [138.1.186.112]) by rgminet01.oracle.com (Switch-3.2.4/Switch-3.1.6) with ESMTP id l06MhNkL030208 for ; Sat, 6 Jan 2007 15:43:24 -0700 Original-Received: from rcsmt250.oracle.com (rcsmt250.oracle.com [148.87.90.195]) by rgmgw3.us.oracle.com (Switch-3.2.4/Switch-3.1.7) with ESMTP id l06MZM5j028875 for ; Sat, 6 Jan 2007 15:43:23 -0700 Original-Received: from dhcp-amer-rmdc-csvpn-gw6-141-144-112-235.vpn.oracle.com by rcsmt251.oracle.com with ESMTP id 2342679111168123375; Sat, 06 Jan 2007 15:42:55 -0700 Original-To: X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) In-reply-to: Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3028 X-Whitelist: TRUE X-Whitelist: TRUE X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= 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: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:64892 Archived-At: > > I see. To tell the truth, I didn't bother to change $HOME > > outside Emacs and start emacs -Q again to test the case other > > than HOME = "c:\\". I did try using `setenv' to change "HOME", > > but that apparently doesn't have an effect here. > > setenv only manipulates the environment that is passed to child > processes, but does not modify Emacs's own environment. Right. That's what I concluded, after your first explanation. The `setenv' doc string does speak of `process-environment', but I think it wouldn't hurt to explicitly point out that the current environment that Emacs itself sees is not affected. > > How about mentioning in the doc string that "~" is not > > substituted for the user's home dir if that is the root. > > ("/" in Unix or Linux, ":\" in Windows)? > > Done. Thx.