Defining directory ~/ on MS-Windows

Defining directory ~/ on MS-Windows

[graham]

On MS-Windows Emacs understands paths like ~/foo.txt.  It converts
this to c:\foo.txt.  I would like it to convert it to 
c:\Documents and Settings\My User Name\foo.txt instead, like XEmacs does.

How can this be done?

I'm using Emacs from CVS (21.3.50.1) on Windows XP SP2.


Thanks,


Graham

Re: Defining directory ~/ on MS-Windows

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: graham@gorgeous.org
> Date: Sat, 13 Nov 2004 22:34:12 +0000
> 
> On MS-Windows Emacs understands paths like ~/foo.txt.  It converts
> this to c:\foo.txt.  I would like it to convert it to 
> c:\Documents and Settings\My User Name\foo.txt instead, like XEmacs does.
> 
> How can this be done?

"~" is a short for %HOME%.  So, if you define the environment variable
HOME whose value is "c:\Documents and Settings\Your User Name", you
will get what you want.

> I'm using Emacs from CVS (21.3.50.1) on Windows XP SP2.

On Windows XP, environment variables are set thru the Control Panel.

Re: Defining directory ~/ on MS-Windows

[Slava]

Define HOME variable with your path.


Best regards, 
                           Slava                                   sawati AT yandex ru
	

----------------------- Original Message -----------------------
From:   graham@gorgeous.org
To:   help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Date:   Sat, 13 Nov 2004 22:34:12 +0000
Subject:   Defining directory ~/ on MS-Windows
----

g> On MS-Windows Emacs understands paths like ~/foo.txt.  It converts
g> this to c:\foo.txt.  I would like it to convert it to 
g> c:\Documents and Settings\My User Name\foo.txt instead, like XEmacs does.
g> 
g> How can this be done?
g> 
g> I'm using Emacs from CVS (21.3.50.1) on Windows XP SP2.

----------------------- Original Message -----------------------

Re: Defining directory ~/ on MS-Windows

[graham]

"Eli Zaretskii" <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

>> From: graham@gorgeous.org
>> Date: Sat, 13 Nov 2004 22:34:12 +0000
>> 
>> On MS-Windows Emacs understands paths like ~/foo.txt.  It converts
>> this to c:\foo.txt.  I would like it to convert it to 
>> c:\Documents and Settings\My User Name\foo.txt instead, like XEmacs does.
>> 
>> How can this be done?
>
> "~" is a short for %HOME%.  So, if you define the environment variable
> HOME whose value is "c:\Documents and Settings\Your User Name", you
> will get what you want.


Thanks, this did the trick.


Graham

Re: Defining directory ~/ on MS-Windows

[hackevin]

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and also you can add the following part to your register
---------------------------------------------------------
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\GNU]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\GNU\Emacs]
"HOME"="D:\\GNU\\Emacs"
---------------------------------------------------------

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> "Eli Zaretskii" <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>
>>> From: graham@gorgeous.org
>>> Date: Sat, 13 Nov 2004 22:34:12 +0000
>>>
>>> On MS-Windows Emacs understands paths like ~/foo.txt.  It converts
>>> this to c:\foo.txt.  I would like it to convert it to
>>> c:\Documents and Settings\My User Name\foo.txt instead, like XEmacs 
>>> does.
>>>
>>> How can this be done?
>>
>> "~" is a short for %HOME%.  So, if you define the environment variable
>> HOME whose value is "c:\Documents and Settings\Your User Name", you
>> will get what you want.
>
>
> Thanks, this did the trick.
>
>
> Graham