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Re: HOME variable
From: |
Kin Cho |
Subject: |
Re: HOME variable |
Date: |
Thu, 09 Sep 2004 21:56:17 -0700 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.1006 (Gnus v5.10.6) Emacs/21.2 (gnu/linux) |
Use a batch file to start emacs instead:
set HOME=c:\emacs\
start c:\emacs-21.3\bin\runemacs
-kin
Jaydutt Shukla <jaydutts@wam.umd.edu> writes:
> This is not a bug but I did not know where else to report it.
>
> Emacs (v21.3) uses the HOME variable as its root folder and in the
> installation instructions suggest using c:\Emacs as the root folder.
> This implies that I have to set HOME to be equal to "C:\Emacs" This is
> okay but when other programs also need the HOME variable it causes
> problem. For example, I just installed Cygwin on my computer and it uses
> c:\Emacs as its starting directory, which is very annoying because I
> expected it to start either in c:\ or c:\%USERPROFILE%\. Users can
> always work aroung by changing directory (manually or using scripts) but
> that is not a good approach. So I suggest using the variable EMACSHOME
> or something that would associate it with Emacs unambiguously.
>
> Thanks
> Jaydutt Shukla
- HOME variable, Jaydutt Shukla, 2004/09/10
- Re: HOME variable,
Kin Cho <=