setting the default directory on Windows startup

setting the default directory on Windows startup

[Alan Barton]

I'm a new user of emacs on Windows, although I have some experience on Linux
OS versions.  When I open an emacs session and select 'File' -> 'Open file'
, my directory tree starts looking in 'c:\emacs\bin\' when I would prefer
that it start looking in my 'c:\home' directory.

I found the variable 'insert-default-directory', but this just seems to be a
toggle switch, and does not allow me to input the name of a new default
directory.  I'm aware that I can simply 'cd' in to my working directory each
time I open an emacs session, but I'd like my sessions to automatically 'cd'
to my working directory on startup.  How do I go about doing this?

Thanks for your assistance.
                                 -Alan Barton
                                  abarton@coas.oregonstate.edu

RE: setting the default directory on Windows startup

[Bingham, Jay]

One way to do this is to open the properties for each shortcut that you have for starting emacs and put c:\ in the start in: field.  There may be other ways but when I found this one I quit looking.

By the way there is a mail list just for emacs windows http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-emacs-windows

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 -----Original Message-----
From: 	Alan Barton [mailto:abarton@coas.oregonstate.edu] 
Sent:	Thursday, September 19, 2002 5:11 PM
To:	help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject:	setting the default directory on Windows startup

I'm a new user of emacs on Windows, although I have some experience on Linux
OS versions.  When I open an emacs session and select 'File' -> 'Open file'
, my directory tree starts looking in 'c:\emacs\bin\' when I would prefer
that it start looking in my 'c:\home' directory.

I found the variable 'insert-default-directory', but this just seems to be a
toggle switch, and does not allow me to input the name of a new default
directory.  I'm aware that I can simply 'cd' in to my working directory each
time I open an emacs session, but I'd like my sessions to automatically 'cd'
to my working directory on startup.  How do I go about doing this?

Thanks for your assistance.
                                 -Alan Barton
                                  abarton@coas.oregonstate.edu



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Re: setting the default directory on Windows startup

[Jesper Harder]

"Alan Barton" <abarton@coas.oregonstate.edu> writes:

> I'm aware that I can simply 'cd' in to my working directory each time
> I open an emacs session, but I'd like my sessions to automatically
> 'cd' to my working directory on startup.  How do I go about doing
> this?

Simply put

       (cd "/my/directory")

in your .emacs file.

Re: setting the default directory on Windows startup

[Kevin Dziulko]

Add this to your _emacs file:

(setq default-directory "C:\\home/")

Kevin

On Thu, 19 Sep 2002, Alan Barton wrote:

> I'm a new user of emacs on Windows, although I have some experience on Linux
> OS versions.  When I open an emacs session and select 'File' -> 'Open file'
> , my directory tree starts looking in 'c:\emacs\bin\' when I would prefer
> that it start looking in my 'c:\home' directory.
>
> I found the variable 'insert-default-directory', but this just seems to be a
> toggle switch, and does not allow me to input the name of a new default
> directory.  I'm aware that I can simply 'cd' in to my working directory each
> time I open an emacs session, but I'd like my sessions to automatically 'cd'
> to my working directory on startup.  How do I go about doing this?
>
> Thanks for your assistance.
>                                  -Alan Barton
>                                   abarton@coas.oregonstate.edu
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Help-gnu-emacs mailing list
> Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
> http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-gnu-emacs
>

Re: setting the default directory on Windows startup

[maierh]

"Alan Barton" <abarton@coas.oregonstate.edu> writes:

> I'm a new user of emacs on Windows, although I have some experience on Linux
> OS versions.  When I open an emacs session and select 'File' -> 'Open file'
> , my directory tree starts looking in 'c:\emacs\bin\' when I would prefer
> that it start looking in my 'c:\home' directory.

I like this solution as the best because it gives the same behavior
as under Unix. Put the follwoing into your .emacs file.

Harald

,----
| (defun buffer-set-default-directory ( dir )
|   "Set the current directory to DIR for buffers that do not have a
| file name associated. The function is indented for the w32 port to set
| the login directory (~/) because on startup the default directory for
| *scratch* and *Messages* are the emacs bin directory or the long
| directory name that was set in the properties of a emacs icon."
|   (save-excursion
|     (let (
| 	  (list (buffer-list))
| 	  )
|       (while list
| 	(set-buffer (car list))
| 	(if (eq buffer-file-name nil)
| 	    (setq default-directory dir)
| 	  )
| 	(setq list (cdr list))
| 	))))
| 
| (buffer-set-default-directory "~/")
`----