From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Charles Muller Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Changing default starting directory Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2003 20:25:52 +0900 (JST) Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <20030111.202552.74752959.acmuller@gol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1042284695 14339 80.91.224.249 (11 Jan 2003 11:31:35 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2003 11:31:35 +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 18XJrR-0003j9-00 for ; Sat, 11 Jan 2003 12:31:33 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18XJoK-0004XB-0B for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 11 Jan 2003 06:28:20 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18XJnv-0004Ky-00 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 11 Jan 2003 06:27:55 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18XJnC-0002lb-00 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 11 Jan 2003 06:27:11 -0500 Original-Received: from smtp01.fields.gol.com ([203.216.5.131]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18XJlb-0000ij-00 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 11 Jan 2003 06:25:31 -0500 Original-Received: from 203-216-49-084.dsl.gol.ne.jp ([203.216.49.84] helo=localhost) by smtp01.fields.gol.com with esmtp (Magnetic Fields) id 18XJlS-000837-00 for ; Sat, 11 Jan 2003 20:25:23 +0900 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailer: Mew version 2.2 on Emacs 21.2 / Mule 5.0 (SAKAKI) X-Abuse-Complaints: abuse@gol.com X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:5367 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:5367 When I start up my Emacs (21.2 on Redhat 8) my startup directory in *scratch* is by default /home/chuck I want to change this to /mnt/win_d/docs And so I added the following to my .emacs file: '(default-directory "/mnt/win_d/docs") This does not do the trick. I have Googled around a bit, and looked through the Emacs manual to try to figure out how to do this, but with no luck (probably, such a basic question, no one asks it). Can anyone help me on this? Thanks, Chuck --------------------------- Charles Muller Faculty of Humanities, Toyo Gakuen University Digital Dictionary of Buddhism and CJKV-English Dictionary [http://www.acmuller.net] H-Buddhism List Editor [http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/~buddhism/] Mobile Phone: 090-9310-1787