[debbugs-tracker] bug#15776: closed (On Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks, Cocoa Emacs starts in the root directory instead of the home directory)

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> On Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks, Cocoa Emacs starts in the root directory instead of the home directory
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> Date: 
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> Thu, 31 Oct 2013 23:04:46 -0700
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> I have a build of GNU Emacs for the Mac. On 10.8 Mountain Lion, launching the 
> app works normally - the working directory is my home directory. On 10.9 
> Mavericks. when launched from the Dock or Finder, the default directory is the 
> root directory instead of my home directory. If launched from the command-line, 
> the correct behavior holds.
>
> It looks like there is custom code in src/emacs.c #ifdef-ed for HAVE_NS and 
> NS_IMPL_COCOA that checks to see if the first or second command-line argument 
> starts with “-psn”, and if so, perform a chdir(getenv(“HOME”)).
>
> It seems like the behavior changes in Mavericks, and apps no longer get the 
> -psn command-line argument. Apps are always launched with a cwd of /, even in 
> Mountain Lion, but now Emacs is not taking corrective action.
>
> The solution is probably to do a version check of OS X and if 10.9 or above, do 
> the chdir anyway.
>
> Here is the patch I am using, which is cruder, as it does not check for OS X 
> version:
>
> --- emacs-24.3/src/emacs.c.dist 2013-10-31 22:36:23.000000000 -0700
> +++ emacs-24.3/src/emacs.c      2013-10-31 23:00:45.000000000 -0700
> @@ -1173,6 +1173,9 @@
>                chdir (getenv ("HOME"));
>              }
>          }
> +      /* On Mavericks, there is no -psn command-line argument so do this 
> anyway,
> +         otherwise the CWD would be the root directory */
> +      chdir (getenv ("HOME"));
>  #endif  /* COCOA */
>      }
>  #endif /* HAVE_NS */
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>
> — Fazal Majid
>
> In GNU Emacs 24.3.1 (x86_64-apple-darwin13.0.0, NS apple-appkit-1265.00)
>  of 2013-10-31 on undr.majid.org
> Windowing system distributor `Apple', version 10.3.1265
> Configured using:
>  `configure '--prefix' '/usr/local' '--with-ns' '--with-gif=no'
>  '--x-includes=/usr/X11R6/include' '--x-libraries=/usr/X11R6/lib'
>  '--with-xpm' 'CC=clang''
>
> Important settings:
>   locale-coding-system: nil
>   default enable-multibyte-characters: t
>
> Major mode: Fundamental
>
> Minor modes in effect:
>   tooltip-mode: t
>   mouse-wheel-mode: t
>   menu-bar-mode: t
>   file-name-shadow-mode: t
>   global-font-lock-mode: t
>   blink-cursor-mode: t
>   auto-composition-mode: t
>   auto-encryption-mode: t
>   auto-compression-mode: t
>   buffer-read-only: t
>   line-number-mode: t
>   transient-mark-mode: t
>
> Recent input:
> C-x C-f C-g M-x r e p <tab> o <tab> r <tab> <retur
> n>
>
> Recent messages:
> For information about GNU Emacs and the GNU system, type C-h C-a.
> Quit
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> None found.
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> Subject: 
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> Re: bug#15776: On Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks, Cocoa Emacs starts in the root directory instead of the home directory
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> Date: 
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> Fri, 1 Nov 2013 09:19:04 +0100
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> Hello.
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> This is fixed in the trunk.
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>         Jan D.
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> 1 nov 2013 kl. 07:04 skrev Fazal Majid <address@hidden>:
>
> > I have a build of GNU Emacs for the Mac. On 10.8 Mountain Lion, launching the 
> > app works normally - the working directory is my home directory. On 10.9 
> > Mavericks. when launched from the Dock or Finder, the default directory is 
> > the root directory instead of my home directory. If launched from the 
> > command-line, the correct behavior holds.
> > 
> > It looks like there is custom code in src/emacs.c #ifdef-ed for HAVE_NS and 
> > NS_IMPL_COCOA that checks to see if the first or second command-line argument 
> > starts with “-psn”, and if so, perform a chdir(getenv(“HOME”)).
> > 
> > It seems like the behavior changes in Mavericks, and apps no longer get the 
> > -psn command-line argument. Apps are always launched with a cwd of /, even in 
> > Mountain Lion, but now Emacs is not taking corrective action.
> > 
> > The solution is probably to do a version check of OS X and if 10.9 or above, 
> > do the chdir anyway.
> > 
> > Here is the patch I am using, which is cruder, as it does not check for OS X 
> > version:
> > 
> > --- emacs-24.3/src/emacs.c.dist       2013-10-31 22:36:23.000000000 -0700
> > +++ emacs-24.3/src/emacs.c    2013-10-31 23:00:45.000000000 -0700
> > @@ -1173,6 +1173,9 @@
> >               chdir (getenv ("HOME"));
> >             }
> >         }
> > +      /* On Mavericks, there is no -psn command-line argument so do this 
> > anyway,
> > +         otherwise the CWD would be the root directory */
> > +      chdir (getenv ("HOME"));
> > #endif  /* COCOA */
> >     }
> > #endif /* HAVE_NS */
> > 
> > 
> > — Fazal Majid
> > 
> > In GNU Emacs 24.3.1 (x86_64-apple-darwin13.0.0, NS apple-appkit-1265.00)
> > of 2013-10-31 on undr.majid.org
> > Windowing system distributor `Apple', version 10.3.1265
> > Configured using:
> > `configure '--prefix' '/usr/local' '--with-ns' '--with-gif=no'
> > '--x-includes=/usr/X11R6/include' '--x-libraries=/usr/X11R6/lib'
> > '--with-xpm' 'CC=clang''
> > 
> > Important settings:
> >  locale-coding-system: nil
> >  default enable-multibyte-characters: t
> > 
> > Major mode: Fundamental
> > 
> > Minor modes in effect:
> >  tooltip-mode: t
> >  mouse-wheel-mode: t
> >  menu-bar-mode: t
> >  file-name-shadow-mode: t
> >  global-font-lock-mode: t
> >  blink-cursor-mode: t
> >  auto-composition-mode: t
> >  auto-encryption-mode: t
> >  auto-compression-mode: t
> >  buffer-read-only: t
> >  line-number-mode: t
> >  transient-mark-mode: t
> > 
> > Recent input:
> > C-x C-f C-g M-x r e p <tab> o <tab> r <tab> <retur
> > n>
> > 
> > Recent messages:
> > For information about GNU Emacs and the GNU system, type C-h C-a.
> > Quit
> > Making completion list... [2 times]
> > 
> > Load-path shadows:
> > None found.
> > 
> > Features:
> > (shadow sort gnus-util mail-extr warnings emacsbug message format-spec
> > rfc822 mml mml-sec mm-decode mm-bodies mm-encode mail-parse rfc2231
> > mailabbrev gmm-utils mailheader sendmail rfc2047 rfc2045 ietf-drums
> > mm-util mail-prsvr mail-utils help-mode server disp-table ps-print
> > ps-def lpr vc vc-dispatcher python rx comint ring ansi-color cc-mode
> > cc-fonts easymenu cc-guess cc-menus cc-cmds cc-styles cc-align cc-engine
> > cc-vars cc-defs time-date tooltip ediff-hook vc-hooks lisp-float-type
> > mwheel ns-win tool-bar dnd fontset image regexp-opt fringe
> > tabulated-list newcomment lisp-mode register page menu-bar rfn-eshadow
> > timer select scroll-bar mouse jit-lock font-lock syntax facemenu
> > font-core frame cham georgian utf-8-lang misc-lang vietnamese tibetan
> > thai tai-viet lao korean japanese hebrew greek romanian slovak czech
> > european ethiopic indian cyrillic chinese case-table epa-hook
> > jka-cmpr-hook help simple abbrev minibuffer loaddefs button faces
> > cus-face macroexp files text-properties overlay sha1 md5 base64 format
> > env code-pages mule custom widget hashtable-print-readable backquote
> > make-network-process ns multi-tty emacs)
> > 
> > --
> > Fazal Majid
> > CTO, Apsalar Inc.
> > address@hidden
> > +1 415 347-1277 (347-1APP)
> > 
> > 
> > 
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