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

[Stefan Monnier]

>> > 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.

> Are you saying that Emacs should behave differently on different
> versions of Windows?  No, thanks -- the current behavior, due to back
> compatibility, is already tricky to explain and quite a pain to
> maintain.

No, I'm saying that using CSIL_PROFILE is right when "that place exists"
(when PROFILE is the longest common prefix of all "interesting" places), and
that when it's not, we can still use that because it's not obviously worse
than any other.


        Stefan