GNU bug report logs - #24999
24.5; bad doc for invocation-directory

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Francesco Potortì <pot <at> gnu.org>

Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2016 10:25:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 24.5

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: pot <at> gnu.org
Cc: 24999 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#24999: closed (Re: bug#24999: 24.5; bad doc for invocation-directory)
Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2016 20:02:14 +0200

> Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2016 19:53:41 +0200
> From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
> Cc: 24999 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> IMO it's not meaningful in Emacs to ask which directory was the
> "current" when Emacs started.  That's because Emacs pretends the
> current directory is different for every buffer.

Nevertheless, I'd be interested to hear in what use case you needed to
know that directory.
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