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

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Message #40 received at 24999 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: rms <at> gnu.org
Cc: pot <at> gnu.org, 24999 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#24999: closed (Re: bug#24999: 24.5;
 bad doc for invocation-directory)
Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2016 09:20:11 +0200

> From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
> CC: pot <at> gnu.org, 24999 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2016 20:07:59 -0500
> 
>   > Once again, Emacs knows its original current directory when it starts,
>   > so exposing that to Lisp should be easy, if that is desired.
> 
> Isn't this found in default-directory in *scratch*?

Not if you use --chdir on the command line, or have some --eval or -f
there that causes Emacs to change the directory at startup.

As I said, I'm not sure we need such a variable, but if we decide to
have it, it should be easy to add.

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