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Re: [h-e-w] Absolute/relative pathnames under nt


From: John McCabe
Subject: Re: [h-e-w] Absolute/relative pathnames under nt
Date: Thu, 30 May 2002 13:13:27 +0100

> NTEmacs doesn't need the HOME environment variable.  If it's not set then
> home defaults to C:\ (or possibly the root of the boot partition).  NTEmacs
> also happily accepts the ~ notation.  I regularly access my .emacs file as
> ~/.emacs.  If you want to check that it works (and check what Emacs thinks
> home is) then just run dired on ~.

It works as a replacement for $HOME, but does it work otherwise? (e.g. 
~smith/xxx)


Best Regards
John McCabe




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