Re: find-directory-p always returns nil in locate-mode on windows xp

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Peter Lee <address@hidden>
> Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 16:16:01 -0500
> 
> I narrowed the problem down to file-directory-p returning nil even
> when the directory was valid (but only when the active buffer was the
> locate buffer).
> 
> Evaling (file-directory-p "d:/cygwin/usr/share/doc/antiword-0.34/")
> __when the *Locate* buffer is active__ results in nil.
> 
> Evaling the same expression in any other buffer returns t.

Does a directory named "/cygwin/usr/share/doc/antiword-0.34/"
really exist on drive D:, as far as MS-Windows is concerned, or is
some Cygwin trick involved here?

Also, what is the value of default-directory local to the *Locate*
buffer?