How to change default "insert file" path /tmp to home directory?

How to change default "insert file" path /tmp to home directory?

[gerlach]

Hi,
I googl'ed a lot and didn't find it: how can I change the default 
"insert path" (ctrl-x i) from /tmp to e.g.  /home/gerlach  ?

tia
Eckard

Re: How to change default "insert file" path /tmp to home directory?

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 10.05.2013 um 22:23 schrieb gerlach:

> how can I change the default "insert path" (ctrl-x i) from /tmp to e.g.  /home/gerlach  ?

Just go home!

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Re: How to change default "insert file" path /tmp to home directory?

[Pascal J. Bourguignon]

gerlach <jack@aiai.de> writes:

> Hi,
> I googl'ed a lot and didn't find it: how can I change the default
> "insert path" (ctrl-x i) from /tmp to e.g.  /home/gerlach  ?

M-: (setq default-directory "/home/gerlach/") RET


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Re: How to change default "insert file" path /tmp to home directory?

[gerlach]

Am 10.05.2013 23:02, schrieb Pascal J. Bourguignon:

> M-: (setq default-directory "/home/gerlach/") RET
>
thx a lot Pascal!

Re: How to change default "insert file" path /tmp to home directory?

[gerlach]

Am 10.05.2013 23:02, schrieb Pascal J. Bourguignon:
> gerlach <jack@aiai.de> writes:
>
>> Hi,
>> I googl'ed a lot and didn't find it: how can I change the default
>> "insert path" (ctrl-x i) from /tmp to e.g.  /home/gerlach  ?
>
> M-: (setq default-directory "/home/gerlach/") RET
>
>

i state today that its any longer working! Default directory is /tmp 
once again. At least in Why?

my /home/gerlach/.emacs
(setq fill-column 50)
(add-hook 'before-save-hook 'delete-trailing-whitespace)
(setq default-directory "/home/gerlach/")


BTW: (setq fill-column 50)  is ignored. Even if I insert 20 instead of 
50. Why?

The .emacs file is found and read, the proof: when I produce a error like
(setq asdasdfasdfasdf fill-column 50)  the error is claimed by emacs at 
start.

(add-hook 'before-save-hook 'delete-trailing-whitespace)  is also 
ignored. I have to execute the command explicitely.


Then I want to enable php highlightning with my old emacs (Suse 11.1, 
don't know the version) this worked fine:
(setq auto-mode-alist
      (append
      '( (".*\.php$" .html-mode) (".*\.php$" .html-mode)
       )
       auto-mode-alist))

In my actual emacs 23.3.1  nothing works ... even not default-directory 
"/home/gerlach/" ... incredible ... WHY?


I use emacs in text mode (-nw) only.

tia
Eckard

Re: How to change default "insert file" path /tmp to home directory?

[gerlach]

Am 13.05.2013 23:08, schrieb gerlach:
> Am 10.05.2013 23:02, schrieb Pascal J. Bourguignon:
>> gerlach <jack@aiai.de> writes:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>> I googl'ed a lot and didn't find it: how can I change the default
>>> "insert path" (ctrl-x i) from /tmp to e.g.  /home/gerlach  ?
>>
>> M-: (setq default-directory "/home/gerlach/") RET
>>
>>
>
> i state today that its any longer working! Default directory is /tmp
> once again. Why?
>
> my /home/gerlach/.emacs
> (setq fill-column 50)
> (add-hook 'before-save-hook 'delete-trailing-whitespace)
> (setq default-directory "/home/gerlach/")
>
>
> BTW: (setq fill-column 50)  is ignored. Even if I insert 20 instead of
> 50. Why?
>
> The .emacs file is found and read, the proof: when I produce a error like
> (setq asdasdfasdfasdf fill-column 50)  the error is claimed by emacs at
> start.
>
> (add-hook 'before-save-hook 'delete-trailing-whitespace)  is also
> ignored. I have to execute the command explicitely.
now it works ... I don't know what changed ... !?!
>
>
> Then I want to enable php highlightning with my old emacs (Suse 11.1,
> don't know the version) this worked fine:
> (setq auto-mode-alist
>       (append
>       '( (".*\.php$" .html-mode) (".*\.php$" .html-mode)
>        )
>        auto-mode-alist))
>
works now in my ubuntu 12.04. aptitude install php-elisp installed the 
php plugin and that code in .emacs

(global-font-lock-mode 1)
(require 'php-mode)
(setq auto-mode-alist
   (append '(("\.php$" . php-mode)
             ("\.module$" . php-mode))
               auto-mode-alist))



> In my actual emacs 23.3.1  nothing works ... even not default-directory
> "/home/gerlach/" ... incredible ... WHY?

Any ideas?

>
>
> I use emacs in text mode (-nw) only.
>
> tia
> Eckard
>
>

Re: How to change default "insert file" path /tmp to home directory?

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 13.05.2013 um 23:08 schrieb gerlach:

> At least in Why?

Because you're not at home! The variable default-directory is buffer-local, which means that each buffer in GNU Emacs has one such private "personalised" variable. And they all can have different values by reflecting some state of the buffer. (I presume there are thousands of Gerlachs in Germany. Each one has this surname, but first names, street names, town names, and eMail addresses can be different.)

Could (getenv "HOME") be an alternative?

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Re: How to change default "insert file" path /tmp to home directory?

[Barry Margolin]

In article <avd31vFdl82U1@mid.individual.net>, gerlach <jack@aiai.de> 
wrote:

> Am 10.05.2013 23:02, schrieb Pascal J. Bourguignon:
> > gerlach <jack@aiai.de> writes:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >> I googl'ed a lot and didn't find it: how can I change the default
> >> "insert path" (ctrl-x i) from /tmp to e.g.  /home/gerlach  ?
> >
> > M-: (setq default-directory "/home/gerlach/") RET
> >
> >
> 
> i state today that its any longer working! Default directory is /tmp 
> once again. At least in Why?
> 
> my /home/gerlach/.emacs
> (setq fill-column 50)
> (add-hook 'before-save-hook 'delete-trailing-whitespace)
> (setq default-directory "/home/gerlach/")
> 
> 
> BTW: (setq fill-column 50)  is ignored. Even if I insert 20 instead of 
> 50. Why?

fill-column is a buffer-local variable. Use setq-default to set the 
default value for new buffers.

And as I mentioned in another reply, default-directory is also 
buffer-local. However, it doesn't help much to set its default value, 
because it's automatically changed to the directory containing the file 
you're editing. You can use setq-default, but that will only work for 
buffers that aren't editing files.

-- 
Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
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Re: How to change default "insert file" path /tmp to home directory?

[Barry Margolin]

In article <av53a9Fkok3U1@mid.individual.net>, gerlach <jack@aiai.de> 
wrote:

> Hi,
> I googl'ed a lot and didn't find it: how can I change the default 
> "insert path" (ctrl-x i) from /tmp to e.g.  /home/gerlach  ?

The default is whatever directory the current buffer was loaded from. So 
it's only /tmp if you happen to be editing something from /tmp.

-- 
Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
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Re: How to change default "insert file" path /tmp to home directory?

[gerlach]

Am 11.05.2013 02:50, schrieb Barry Margolin:
> the current buffer was loaded from. So
> it's only /tmp if you happen to be

ok, using mutt mailreader I get always /tmp. So mutt is setting /tmp 
somewhere as directory.

thx

Re: How to change default "insert file" path /tmp to home directory?

[Suvayu Ali]

On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 11:52:46AM +0200, gerlach wrote:
> Am 11.05.2013 02:50, schrieb Barry Margolin:
> >the current buffer was loaded from. So
> >it's only /tmp if you happen to be
> 
> ok, using mutt mailreader I get always /tmp. So mutt is setting /tmp
> somewhere as directory.

Mutt edits the message as a temporary file in $tmpdir.  Usually this is
set to /tmp.  Here is the relevant section from the mutt manual.

  3.307. tmpdir
  
     Type: path
     Default: (empty)
  
     This variable allows you to specify where Mutt will place its temporary
     files needed for displaying and composing messages. If this variable is
     not set, the environment variable $TMPDIR is used. If $TMPDIR is not
     set then "/tmp" is used.

Hope this helps,

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Suvayu

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