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X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x 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:134211 Archived-At: --001a113784fcb16f3c05539435cb Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Information in these pages is incorrect: https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Windows-HOME.html https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/efaq-w32/Location-of-in= it-file.html In my case .emacs is at "C:\Users\bjorn\AppData\Roaming\.emacs" Emacs does not set the value of the HOME variable to that location: (getenv "HOME") "C:\\Users\\bjorn" And "Within Emacs, <~> at the beginning of a file name is expanded to your HOME directory, so you can always find your .emacs file by typing the command C-x C-f ~/.emacs." is therefore not true: (expand-file-name "~/.emacs") "c:/Users/bjorn/.emacs" --=20 mvh/best regards Bj=C3=B6rn Lindqvist --001a113784fcb16f3c05539435cb Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
https://www.gnu.org/= software/emacs/manual/html_node/efaq-w32/Location-of-init-file.html

In my case .emacs is at "C:\Users\bjorn\AppData\= Roaming\.emacs" Emacs does not set the value of the HOME variable to t= hat location:

(getenv "HOME")
=
"C:\\Users\\bjorn"

And "Within= Emacs, <~> at the beginning of a file name is expanded to your HOME = directory, so you can always find your .emacs file by typing the command C-= x C-f ~/.emacs." is therefore not true:

= (expand-file-name "~/.emacs")
"c:/Users/bjorn/.ema= cs"


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