Re: emacs variables and Win Environment Variables

[Kevin Rodgers]

Javier Oviedo wrote:

> Can emacs recognize and use Windows environment variables? For example...


Of course: M-x apropos-documentation RET environment variable RET


> I currently use hard coded paths in these tow cases:
>
> (setq load-path (cons "C:/data/joviedo/Emacs/site-lisp_21_2" load-path))
>
> (defun my-load-DOTemacs ()
>   (interactive)
>   (find-file "C:/data/joviedo/emacs/_emacs21_2"))
>
>
> Instead, I'd like to use:
>
> (setq load-path (cons "%MY_EMACS_PATH%/site-lisp_21_2" load-path))
>
> (defun my-load-DOTemacs ()
>   (interactive)
>   (find-file ""%MY_EMACS_PATH%/_emacs21_2"))


(find-file (substitute-in-file-name "$MY_EMACS_PATH/_emacs21_2"))

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Kevin Rodgers