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Re: What about a seperate "HOME" environment variable under w32?
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Eli Zaretskii |
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Re: What about a seperate "HOME" environment variable under w32? |
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Mon, 25 Apr 2005 19:34:51 +0300 |
> Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 20:08:51 +0800
> From: Sun Yijiang <address@hidden>
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> The %HOME% environment variable is used by many programs under w32, so it's
> really a mess sometime.
Is HOME used for any other purpose than Emacs does: to store the
user's private init files? If some programs use HOME for conflicting
purposes, could you please name those programs and describe the
details?
> I suggest Emacs use a different HOME variable=20
> underw32, something like %EMACS_HOME% or %EHOME%.
I don't think we should introduce such a variable without a very good
reason; hence the questions above.
Re: What about a seperate "HOME" environment variable under w32?, Stefan Monnier, 2005/04/25
Re: What about a seperate "HOME" environment variable under w32?, Lennart Borgman, 2005/04/25