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X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Mailman-Approved-At: Tue, 23 Apr 2013 12:41:45 -0400 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 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:73607 Archived-At: yary gmail.com> writes: > > On Sat, Jun 2, 2012 at 3:46 PM, Drew Adams oracle.com> wrote: > >> Could the warning message "Setting HOME to C:\ by default is > >> deprecated" also include "Move .emacs out from C:\" > > > > There is nothing wrong with having .emacs in c:\. > > > > IIUC, this change is about Emacs not looking in c:\ _by default_.  It is not > > about discouraging or forbidding anyone from setting HOME to c:\. > > OK, I didn't know the background. A pointer to an info node about the > change might be more appropriate, give room for description. > > The problem I had was being confronted with a warning, not being sure > of the source, not finding a variable "HOME" after typing "c-h v HOME" > ("c-h v *home*" got me closer, but the docs for abbreviated-home-dir > didn't tell me much), and not knowing where and how HOME was being > set. So all this warning needs is a little more verbosity, giving the > end user more help on fixing the cause. > > Thanks > > This. 100 times this. I have this warning coming up every time I open emacs. It gives no indication of how to fix it. Also, neither it, nor this thread, nor any number of other sites I found by searching give any indication of where the .emacs file is SUPPOSED to go instead.