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

[Stefan Monnier]

>> But I thought the discussion on this list concluded at the very least that
>> "Application Data" wasn't such a good choice for ~.  It may be good for
>> ~/.emacs¸ but ~ is used for a lot more.  E.g. It's used to access your files
>> and things like that.

> What files ``and things like that'' are those?

Those I access with C-x C-f.  AFAIK the ~ shortcut is present for
the user's convenience when she types in a file name.

> If they are related to Emacs (and CSIDL_APPDATA is set to HOME _only_ by
> Emacs for its own use), then that's a very reasonable use of "Application
> Data", IMO.

They're related to Emacs in the sense that I edit them with Emacs.
But "Application Data" is definitely not a good place for them.

>> %USERPROFILE% may not be perfect, but it generally has the desirable
>> property of being the longest common prefix of the various other
>> interesting places.

> And what to do for versions of Windows where that place doesn't exist?

Then there is equivalent to Unix's $HOME and there's no clear winner:
i.e. it's a case that doesn't matter too much because we don't know what
would be the better choice.

Maybe we should define $HOME=CSID_PROFILE and then say that the .emacs file
instead of being in ~/.emacs.d/ should be in CSIDL_APPDATA.


        Stefan