From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#24999: closed (Re: bug#24999: 24.5; bad doc for invocation-directory) Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2016 09:20:11 +0200 Message-ID: <83lgw63dxw.fsf@gnu.org> References: <83bmx46bcf.fsf@gnu.org> <837f7s69y2.fsf@gnu.org> <834m2v4rmi.fsf@gnu.org> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1480144875 7419 195.159.176.226 (26 Nov 2016 07:21:15 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2016 07:21:15 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 24999@debbugs.gnu.org To: rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Nov 26 08:21:11 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1cAXIM-00019m-CU for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 26 Nov 2016 08:21:10 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:49475 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cAXIO-0000vN-F6 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 26 Nov 2016 02:21:12 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:53854) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cAXIH-0000v7-N4 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 26 Nov 2016 02:21:06 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cAXIE-000150-Ir for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 26 Nov 2016 02:21:05 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:54882) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cAXIE-00014v-FW for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 26 Nov 2016 02:21:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1cAXIE-0006oR-8Q for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 26 Nov 2016 02:21:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2016 07:21:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 24999 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 24999-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B24999.148014484126137 (code B ref 24999); Sat, 26 Nov 2016 07:21:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 24999) by debbugs.gnu.org; 26 Nov 2016 07:20:41 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:42048 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1cAXHt-0006nV-BT for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 26 Nov 2016 02:20:41 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:34559) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1cAXHq-0006nH-NX for 24999@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 26 Nov 2016 02:20:39 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cAXHk-0000wn-T5 for 24999@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 26 Nov 2016 02:20:33 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:33618) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cAXHf-0000vY-3t; Sat, 26 Nov 2016 02:20:27 -0500 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.246.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.246]:3508 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:128) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1cAXHW-0003I2-NK; Sat, 26 Nov 2016 02:20:19 -0500 In-reply-to: (message from Richard Stallman on Fri, 25 Nov 2016 20:07:59 -0500) 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" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:126105 Archived-At: > From: Richard Stallman > CC: pot@gnu.org, 24999@debbugs.gnu.org > Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2016 20:07:59 -0500 > > > Once again, Emacs knows its original current directory when it starts, > > so exposing that to Lisp should be easy, if that is desired. > > Isn't this found in default-directory in *scratch*? Not if you use --chdir on the command line, or have some --eval or -f there that causes Emacs to change the directory at startup. As I said, I'm not sure we need such a variable, but if we decide to have it, it should be easy to add.