[debbugs-tracker] bug#24999: closed (24.5; bad doc for invocation-directory)

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> 24.5; bad doc for invocation-directory
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> Wed, 23 Nov 2016 11:23:08 +0100
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> The elisp manual says:
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>  -- Variable: invocation-directory
>      This variable holds the directory from which the Emacs executable
>      was invoked, or perhaps `nil' if that directory cannot be
>      determined.
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> However, the doc string says:
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> invocation-directory is a variable defined in `C source code'.
> Its value is "/usr/bin/"
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> Documentation:
> The directory in which the Emacs executable was found, to run it.
> The value is nil if that directory's name is not known.
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> The second description is the correct one, and the elisp manual is
> wrong.
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> The only way I found for obtaining the directory from which
> Emacs was invoked is to get the default-directory of the *scratch*
> buffer.
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> Re: bug#24999: 24.5; bad doc for invocation-directory
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> Date: 
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> Thu, 24 Nov 2016 19:23:28 +0200
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> > Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2016 11:23:08 +0100
> > From: Francesco Potortì <address@hidden>
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> > The elisp manual says:
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> >  -- Variable: invocation-directory
> >      This variable holds the directory from which the Emacs executable
> >      was invoked, or perhaps `nil' if that directory cannot be
> >      determined.
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> > However, the doc string says:
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> > invocation-directory is a variable defined in `C source code'.
> > Its value is "/usr/bin/"
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> > Documentation:
> > The directory in which the Emacs executable was found, to run it.
> > The value is nil if that directory's name is not known.
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> > The second description is the correct one, and the elisp manual is
> > wrong.
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> Thanks, fixed on the release branch.
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