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Re: %AppData% on Windows instead of %UserProfile% by default?
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Óscar Fuentes |
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Re: %AppData% on Windows instead of %UserProfile% by default? |
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Mon, 10 Nov 2014 17:48:18 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
Alexander Shukaev <address@hidden> writes:
> Could you give some motivation behind using %AppData% on Windows instead of
> %UserProfile% by default for "emacs.d" location? Also, why is the location
> of "emacs.d" on Windows is primarily controlled by %HOME%, rather than
> %UserProfile% once again? %HOME% is not a native environment variable on
> Windows, while %UserProfile% is. Please, let's be consistent across
> platforms.
If I define %HOME%, I expect from Emacs to use it as in the other
platforms. %HOME% must take precedence over platform-specific
environment variables, precisely because it is not defined by default.