From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net>
Cc: 18851@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#18851: 24.4; emacs cannot be started if the current directory has been removed
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2014 20:39:59 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvlhny5r35.fsf-monnier+emacsbugs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20141029153959.GM5545@ypig.lip.ens-lyon.fr> (Vincent Lefevre's message of "Wed, 29 Oct 2014 16:39:59 +0100")
> IMHO, if the current directory no longer exists, the default-directory
> of *scratch* can be nil.
Yes, that seems to be the right fix for this problem.
Of course a default-directory set to nil can cause problems down the
road, but these are either unavoidable or should likely be fixable.
Stefan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-10-30 0:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-10-27 13:33 bug#18851: 24.4; emacs cannot be started if the current directory has been removed Vincent Lefevre
2014-10-28 21:34 ` Glenn Morris
2014-10-29 1:28 ` Vincent Lefevre
2014-10-29 3:50 ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-10-29 8:09 ` Vincent Lefevre
2014-10-29 12:57 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-10-29 14:27 ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-10-29 15:39 ` Vincent Lefevre
2014-10-29 16:07 ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-10-29 16:44 ` Vincent Lefevre
2014-10-29 16:15 ` Andreas Schwab
2014-10-29 16:51 ` Vincent Lefevre
2014-10-29 17:31 ` Andreas Schwab
2014-10-29 17:45 ` Vincent Lefevre
2014-10-29 18:23 ` Ivan Shmakov
2014-10-29 21:11 ` Andreas Schwab
2014-10-30 0:39 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2015-06-12 0:39 ` Glenn Morris
2015-06-12 7:53 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-06-12 15:45 ` Glenn Morris
2015-06-12 19:31 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-06-13 1:29 ` Glenn Morris
2015-06-13 7:56 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-06-13 23:45 ` Glenn Morris
2014-10-29 14:23 ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-10-29 15:39 ` Andreas Schwab
2014-10-29 16:00 ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-10-29 16:05 ` Vincent Lefevre
2014-10-29 16:21 ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-10-29 3:40 ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-10-29 10:57 ` Emacs bugs at the Debian BTS Ivan Shmakov
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