Re: single init file/directory for windows and linux using version control svn or cvs

[Patrick Drechsler]

Richard Stallman wrote:
>     This works fine with Linux, WindowsXP and Cygwin.
>
> Windows XP is an operating system, but Linux is just a part of one.
> Linux is the kernel that people use with the GNU system.
> If you call the system "Linux", that gives the system's principal developers
> none of the credit.  Would you please give us equal mention
> by calling the system "GNU/Linux"?

Sorry about that. I'll refer to the OS as GNU/Linux in the future.

>     Can I put a directory ".emacs.d" including an init.el somewhere under 
>     Windows/Cygwin so that it will be recognized by a default Emacs 
>     installation (C:\.emacs.d\init.el is ignored when there is no C:\.emacs 
>     or C:\_emacs)?
>
> Emacs ought to recognize ~/.emacs.d/init.el, on any system, when it does
> not find .emacs.  If this does not work on Windows, it is a bug.
> Could you confirm that that is what is happening to you?

Setting the HOME variable in Windows solved the problem (see Eli's posting).

Regards

Patrick