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Jan Guido Donath schrieb:
> is it possible to pass find-file a default path?
> i do have all my files in a certain directory, but find-file aka C-x C-f
> always starts where the emacs bins are located.

Just start emacs from a different directory or with a different "working
directory".

Alex.