Re: $HOME var

[Chris McMahan <cmcmahan+n@one.net>]

Why not set the environment variables from within emacs? This won't
help you load the .emacs file itself, but you can modify the icon with
which you launch emacs to load that file as a command-line switch.

runemacs.exe -l <path to your .emacs file>

within your .emacs, use the format to set the environment variables:

(setenv "VARIABLE"  "value")

So to set your HOME variable from within emacs,
(setenv "HOME" "c:/documents\ and\ settings/username")


I may be completely missing something here, because I'm pretty heavily
embroiled into the cygwin environment on XP.

 - Chris

Anthony G <goggs@bur.st> writes:

> Hello,
> 
> I have a minor problem with Emacs for windows. Emacs works great on
> my Linux system at home, but at College where I spend a considerable
> amount of time coding, I have to use windows 2000.  The problem is
> as follows; Windows environment variables are set & locked on
> login. I can't add or change them, and command.exe is locked
> out. $HOME, for some FUBAR reason, is set to C:\, yet I don't have
> write permission FOR C:\. This means when I'm halfway through
> editing a file, emacs tries to save '.emacs.d' (or similar) to C:
> every microsecond. It doesn't hang, but It's so occupied in saving
> the file, that I need to enter commands quickly. I can't disable it
> in .emacs, because I can't save anything to $HOME (C:\), including
> .emacs.  Can I change $HOME in the emacs lisp files, or even an
> argument?
> 
> I'm an *ex* vim user, and enjoy learning emacs, but not being able
> to use emacs instead of the lame IDE that comes with the College's
> Java package, is a problem that needs to be resolved.
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> /Tony
> 
> 

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