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Re: [PATCH] for review - Allow expansion of "~" (as opposed to "~user")
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Eli Zaretskii |
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Re: [PATCH] for review - Allow expansion of "~" (as opposed to "~user") |
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Tue, 03 Mar 2015 20:20:14 +0200 |
> Date: Tue, 03 Mar 2015 20:09:56 +0200
> From: Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden>
> Cc: address@hidden, address@hidden
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> > Based on all that, I think the most consistent option is to:
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> > 1) always check if ~USER/ directory exists for the ‘User foo has no home
> > directory’ warning;
> >
> > 2) user ~USER/.emacs and ~USER/_emacs on MS-Windows; and
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> > 3) use `expand-file-name' when setting `user-init-file' if init file has
> > not been loaded.
>
> Sorry, I cannot follow the logic that led to these 3 conclusions.
> Please explain. (And don't we already do all that?)
Btw, I'd like to reiterate something I already suggested near the
beginning: just error out if "-u USER" is used on DOS/Windows. I
think this should put all this issue to rest, and avoid unneeded
complexity, FAQs, etc.
- Re: [PATCH] for review - Allow expansion of "~" (as opposed to "~user"), Michal Nazarewicz, 2015/03/02
- Re: [PATCH] for review - Allow expansion of "~" (as opposed to "~user"), Eli Zaretskii, 2015/03/02
- Re: [PATCH] for review - Allow expansion of "~" (as opposed to "~user"), Michal Nazarewicz, 2015/03/02
- Re: [PATCH] for review - Allow expansion of "~" (as opposed to "~user"), Eli Zaretskii, 2015/03/03
- Re: [PATCH] for review - Allow expansion of "~" (as opposed to "~user"), Michal Nazarewicz, 2015/03/03
- Re: [PATCH] for review - Allow expansion of "~" (as opposed to "~user"), Eli Zaretskii, 2015/03/03
- Re: [PATCH] for review - Allow expansion of "~" (as opposed to "~user"),
Eli Zaretskii <=
- Re: [PATCH] for review - Allow expansion of "~" (as opposed to "~user"), Pete Williamson, 2015/03/03
- Re: [PATCH] for review - Allow expansion of "~" (as opposed to "~user"), Eli Zaretskii, 2015/03/03
- Re: [PATCH] for review - Allow expansion of "~" (as opposed to "~user"), Pete Williamson, 2015/03/03
- Re: [PATCH] for review - Allow expansion of "~" (as opposed to "~user"), Michal Nazarewicz, 2015/03/03
- Re: [PATCH] for review - Allow expansion of "~" (as opposed to "~user"), Michal Nazarewicz, 2015/03/03
- Re: [PATCH] for review - Allow expansion of "~" (as opposed to "~user"), Eli Zaretskii, 2015/03/04