From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#22875: 24.5; HOME-variable not resolve in Win7 Date: Tue, 01 Mar 2016 22:22:05 +0200 Message-ID: <837fhm6j9u.fsf@gnu.org> References: Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1456863813 25308 80.91.229.3 (1 Mar 2016 20:23:33 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2016 20:23:33 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 22875@debbugs.gnu.org To: Studt Reimer Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Mar 01 21:23:22 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1aaqpE-000390-Vs for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 01 Mar 2016 21:23:21 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:52142 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aaqp9-0003Nw-B1 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 01 Mar 2016 15:23:15 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:47552) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aaqp1-0003NP-FJ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Mar 2016 15:23:12 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aaqow-0006Z5-Cn for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Mar 2016 15:23:07 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:59594) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aaqow-0006Z1-8V for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Mar 2016 15:23:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1aaqow-0007G4-3n for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Mar 2016 15:23:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 01 Mar 2016 20:23:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 22875 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 22875-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B22875.145686375727854 (code B ref 22875); Tue, 01 Mar 2016 20:23:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 22875) by debbugs.gnu.org; 1 Mar 2016 20:22:37 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:56721 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1aaqoT-0007F8-5L for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 01 Mar 2016 15:22:37 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:56354) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1aaqoR-0007Eu-0N for 22875@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 01 Mar 2016 15:22:31 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aaqoC-0005vO-4m for 22875@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 01 Mar 2016 15:22:25 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:40368) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aaqoC-0005vE-2Q; Tue, 01 Mar 2016 15:22:16 -0500 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.246.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.246]:2534 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:128) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1aaqoB-0003kQ-8N; Tue, 01 Mar 2016 15:22:15 -0500 In-reply-to: (message from Studt Reimer on Tue, 1 Mar 2016 19:38:18 +0000) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:114274 Archived-At: > From: Studt Reimer > Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2016 19:38:18 +0000 > > On start-up of emacs, the .emacs file could not be loaded, because emacs > resolved the Windows HOME variable to *exactly* how it was defined. That > was the text %HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%. Emacs could not resolve these two > variables. The feature you expected is not supported. Environment variables are only expanded at startup if they are found in the Registry, not in the shell's environment. How did you define such a value for an environment variable? If I try defining HOME=%HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH% from the cmd prompt, cmd expands the 2 variables, and the same if I defined HOME from the Computer's Properties' "Advanced" tab. So I'm not sure how you get into this situation. Can you explain? Thanks.