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Re: Did someone modify default-directory?
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Stefan Monnier |
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Re: Did someone modify default-directory? |
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Sat, 10 Apr 2010 10:50:12 -0400 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
> I have been searching through the ChangeLog, but cannot see why
IIUC it was a change in `cd':
* files.el (cd-absolute): Don't abbreviate-file-name (bug#4599).
> default-directory should be an expanded name in Eshell buffers, when
> it isn't if I visit the ~ directory using dired, for example.
Could you give us the steps that lead to it being ~ rather than /Users/johnw?
> Does anyone have some light to shed for me?
When displaying it, you'll want to use abbreviate-file-name I think.
Stefan