From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Lennart Borgman (gmail)" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: default-directory in windows Date: Sat, 31 May 2008 12:01:33 +0200 Message-ID: <484121FD.8030701@gmail.com> References: <48407311.1060805@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1212228112 22689 80.91.229.12 (31 May 2008 10:01:52 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 31 May 2008 10:01:52 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Emacs Devel To: rahed Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat May 31 12:02:33 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1K2Nuz-0000zi-1g for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 31 May 2008 12:02:33 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:45757 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1K2NuD-0003Oh-3v for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 31 May 2008 06:01:45 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K2Nu7-0003OC-Q5 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 31 May 2008 06:01:40 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K2Nu5-0003Nh-S4 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 31 May 2008 06:01:39 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=60253 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1K2Nu5-0003Ne-M6 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 31 May 2008 06:01:37 -0400 Original-Received: from ch-smtp01.sth.basefarm.net ([80.76.149.212]:45342) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1K2Nu5-0005Xn-3r for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 31 May 2008 06:01:37 -0400 Original-Received: from c83-254-145-59.bredband.comhem.se ([83.254.145.59]:59525 helo=[127.0.0.1]) by ch-smtp01.sth.basefarm.net with esmtp (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1K2Nu3-00058u-5W; Sat, 31 May 2008 12:01:35 +0200 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.9) Gecko/20071031 Thunderbird/2.0.0.9 Mnenhy/0.7.5.666 In-Reply-To: X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 080531-0, 2008-05-31), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-Originating-IP: 83.254.145.59 X-Scan-Result: No virus found in message 1K2Nu3-00058u-5W. X-Scan-Signature: ch-smtp01.sth.basefarm.net 1K2Nu3-00058u-5W 58eaf10f7980f63a49d1523f34579732 X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6? (barebone, rare!) 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:98122 Archived-At: rahed wrote: > "Lennart Borgman (gmail)" writes: > >> Yes, but default-directory is buffer local. I just noticed that with >> CVS Emacs 23 I get the default-directory you expect in *Scratch* >> buffer, but not in the "welcome buffer". It is unclear to me why the >> default-directory is different in the "welcome buffer". >> >> I am not sure if this is the behaviour in Emacs 22. Could you please check? > > It's the same with 22.2. "welcome buffer" does ignore default-directory > but *Scratch* follows it. > > 22.1 switches from the "welcome buffer" to *Scratch* automatically when > there's a click or change in it or in the minibuffer so I didn't notice. Thanks rahed! I am sending this to Emacs Devel now to see if we can do something about it. Emacs Devel readers: See above. I think the "welcome buffer" should have the default directory that the user has choosen.