From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Alan Barton" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: setting the default directory on Windows startup Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2002 15:10:47 -0700 Sender: help-gnu-emacs-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1032473458 23970 127.0.0.1 (19 Sep 2002 22:10:58 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2002 22:10:58 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17s9Vg-0006EK-00 for ; Fri, 20 Sep 2002 00:10:56 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 17s9W0-0000xV-00; Thu, 19 Sep 2002 18:11:16 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 17s9VI-0000jn-00 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 19 Sep 2002 18:10:32 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 17s9VG-0000j9-00 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 19 Sep 2002 18:10:31 -0400 Original-Received: from dnsman.oce.orst.edu ([128.193.64.33]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 17s9VG-0000io-00 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 19 Sep 2002 18:10:30 -0400 Original-Received: from galiano (galiano.OCE.ORST.EDU [128.193.64.160]) by dnsman.oce.orst.edu (8.9.2/8.9.2) with SMTP id PAA03866 for ; Thu, 19 Sep 2002 15:10:26 -0700 (PDT) Original-To: X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2911.0) Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:1642 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:1642 I'm a new user of emacs on Windows, although I have some experience on Linux OS versions. When I open an emacs session and select 'File' -> 'Open file' , my directory tree starts looking in 'c:\emacs\bin\' when I would prefer that it start looking in my 'c:\home' directory. I found the variable 'insert-default-directory', but this just seems to be a toggle switch, and does not allow me to input the name of a new default directory. I'm aware that I can simply 'cd' in to my working directory each time I open an emacs session, but I'd like my sessions to automatically 'cd' to my working directory on startup. How do I go about doing this? Thanks for your assistance. -Alan Barton abarton@coas.oregonstate.edu