From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: LENNART BORGMAN Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Default HOME to USERPROFILE on w32? Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 09:04:47 +0200 Message-ID: <37f562337f933c.37f933c37f5623@net.lu.se> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1117005274 18072 80.91.229.2 (25 May 2005 07:14:34 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 07:14:34 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed May 25 09:14:33 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Daq4f-0002TL-R5 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 25 May 2005 09:13:06 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Daq8T-0006c3-6P for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 25 May 2005 03:17:01 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Daq74-0005u1-Ct for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 25 May 2005 03:15:34 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Daq72-0005ra-GF for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 25 May 2005 03:15:32 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Daq70-0005mS-Hg for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 25 May 2005 03:15:30 -0400 Original-Received: from [130.235.208.46] (helo=piraten.student.lu.se) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1Dapwz-0006yx-7G for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 25 May 2005 03:05:09 -0400 Original-Received: from net.lu.se (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by piraten.student.lu.se (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.14 (built Mar 18 2003)) with ESMTP id <0IH1002BGABZEV@piraten.student.lu.se> for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 25 May 2005 09:04:47 +0200 (MEST) Original-Received: from [212.209.42.132] by piraten.student.lu.se (mshttpd); Wed, 25 May 2005 09:04:47 +0200 Original-To: Juanma Barranquero X-Mailer: iPlanet Messenger Express 5.2 HotFix 1.14 (built Mar 18 2003) Content-language: sv Content-disposition: inline X-Accept-Language: sv Priority: normal X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:37601 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:37601 Maybe you could read the arguments from last october about this? Kind regards, Lennart ----- Original Message ----- From: Juanma Barranquero Date: Wednesday, May 25, 2005 0:53 am Subject: Re: Default HOME to USERPROFILE on w32? > On 5/24/05, Lennart Borgman wrote: > > There was a discussion in oct 2004 about what to do on w32 if > HOME env > > var was not set. I think the decision pretty much was to use > > USERPROFILE. > > I didn't read it, but, why USERPROFILE and not, for example, APPDATA? > Emacs uses HOME to read .emacs.el, but also to write quite a lot of > stuff, and that seems more appropriate for %APPDATA%\.emacs\, for > example, that %USERPROFILE%\ > > -- > /L/e/k/t/u > > > _______________________________________________ > Emacs-devel mailing list > Emacs-devel@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-devel >