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From: Victor Kirk <vkirk@technology.serco.com>
Subject: RE: $HOME var
Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2003 10:49:06 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <195F58F118C9D311B622009027DC812F017C12A8@mail1.technology.serco.com> (raw)


> The problem is as follows; Windows environment variables are 
> set & locked on login. I can't add or change them, and 
> command.exe is locked out. $HOME, for some FUBAR reason, is 
> set to C:\, yet I don't have write permission FOR C:\.

you could alway run emacs from a batch file and set %HOME% before
emcs executes, emacs will inherit the HOME variable from there, e.g.

set HOME=d:\mydir
runemacs

> Can I change $HOME in the emacs lisp files, or even an argument?

M-x apropos setenv

Vic
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             reply	other threads:[~2003-03-07 10:49 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-03-07 10:49 Victor Kirk [this message]
     [not found] <mailman.2931.1047032076.21513.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2003-03-07 11:21 ` $HOME var Torsten Müller
2003-03-07 18:48   ` Bijan Soleymani
2003-03-07 18:51 ` Bijan Soleymani
2003-03-07 21:38 ` Chris McMahan
2003-03-08  9:24   ` Eli Zaretskii
     [not found] ` <mailman.2983.1047115759.21513.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2003-03-10 19:07   ` Kevin Rodgers
2003-03-11  4:31     ` Eli Zaretskii
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2003-03-07 10:13 Anthony G

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