Re: visiting "~/Application Data" gets "~" instead

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Eric Hanchrow <address@hidden>
> Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2006 17:49:58 -0700
> 
> * paste or type this into the *scratch* buffer, and hit C-x C-e
> 
> (progn
>   (setenv "HOME" (getenv "USERPROFILE"))
>   ;;(setq abbreviated-home-dir nil)
>   (let ((home (find-file-noselect "~/"))
>         (ad (find-file-noselect "~/Application Data/")))
>     (when (eq home ad)
>       (error "Aha.  We found the bug."))
>     (message "I guess the bug is fixed or hidden.")))
> 
> I predict you'll see the error "Aha.  We found the bug."
> 
> I think this is a bug because I've changed the HOME variable to be
> "c:/Documents and Settings/erich/"

setenv only changes the environment passed to child processes that
Emacs runs, but does not change Emacs's own environment.  So this
behavior is quite intentional.