[h-e-w] latest emacsW32 treats %USERPROFILE%\Application Data as link to
From:
Nate Schley
Subject:
[h-e-w] latest emacsW32 treats %USERPROFILE%\Application Data as link to %HOME%
Date:
Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:22:37 -0400
I just downloaded Emacs-23-CvsP090630-EmacsW32-1.58.exe yesterday and noted the following peculiarity:
If custom-file is undefined, then EmacsW32 generates a .emacs file at "%USERPROFILE%\Application Data"; however, if I use dired to view "%USERPROFILE%", then:
every attempt to visit the "Application Data" directory results in dired visiting %HOME%.
every attempt to "find-file" "%USERPROFILE%\Application Data\.emacs" results in %HOME%\.emacs getting opened.
Presumably one of the conditions of this problem is that %HOME% is different from "%USERPROFILE%\Application Data."
Is this peculiar behavior a bug or a feature? -- Thanks,