[debbugs-tracker] bug#27589: closed (Wrong documentation for .emacs lookup on Windows)

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--- Begin Message --- Subject: Wrong documentation for .emacs lookup on Windows Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2017 18:08:23 +0200

Information in these pages is incorrect:

https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Windows-HOME.html

https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/efaq-w32/Location-of-init-file.html

In my case .emacs is at "C:\Users\bjorn\AppData\Roaming\.emacs" Emacs does not set the value of the HOME variable to that location:

(getenv "HOME")

"C:\\Users\\bjorn"

And "Within Emacs, <~> at the beginning of a file name is expanded to your HOME directory, so you can always find your .emacs file by typing the command C-x C-f ~/.emacs." is therefore not true:

(expand-file-name "~/.emacs")

"c:/Users/bjorn/.emacs"

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mvh/best regards Björn Lindqvist

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> > From: Björn Lindqvist <address@hidden>
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> > Sorry, this was a PEBKAC. I had used (setenv "HOME" (concat (getenv 
> > "HOMEDRIVE") (getenv
> > "HOMEPATH"))) to set the HOME environment variable from within emacs which I 
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> > terrible idea.
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> Thanks, I'm therefore closing the bug report.
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