Re: Emacs 22.3 ignores setq default-directory

[Markus Heller]

On Jun 27, 1:18 am, TomSW <tom.weissm...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jun 27, 12:21 am, Markus Heller <helle...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > PS:  Content of *messages* after replacing (setq default-directory
> > "h:") with (cd "h:")
> [...]
> > error: No such directory found via CDPATH environment variable
>
> That's the giveaway. (cd "h:/") will work, as will (setq default-
> directory "h:/")
>
> There are also various ways to make it easier to get to the files you
> want, for example, speedbar-mode, savehist-mode, ido-mode (my
> favourite). You could also open various directories on startup, or use
> desktop-save-mode to save Emacs' state between sessions.
>
> Regards,
> Tom SW.

Whew, Tom, thanks for the reply, that's a lot of info to digest.  Will
play around with these modes ...

Thanks
Markus