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bug#8653: 24.0.50; `M-x grep' output converts `~' to /cygdrive/c/...
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bug#8653: 24.0.50; `M-x grep' output converts `~' to /cygdrive/c/... |
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Fri, 24 Mar 2017 20:36:46 -0400 |
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Andy Moreton <andrewjmoreton@gmail.com> writes:
> On Thu 12 May 2011, Drew Adams wrote:
>
>> It sounds like you are confirming that "the problem" exists even for later
>> Cygwin versions: Users cannot have HOME=c:\ and avoid the noise. Is that
>> correct?
>>
>> Users should be able to have HOME= c:\.
>> That should be a no-brainer.
>
> Sure - tell cygwin that /home is mounted at C:\ and you're done.
>
>> But this bug report is not about fixing Cygwin. If there is nothing Emacs
>> could
>> or should do here, then we can close this bug.
>
> Agreed.
Sounds like the best fix is for the user to configure cygwin to
translate '/cygdrive/c' into '~' (if they want HOME=C:\), therefore I'm
closing this.
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