GNU bug report logs - #27589
Wrong documentation for .emacs lookup on Windows

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Björn Lindqvist <bjourne <at> gmail.com>

Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2017 16:09:01 UTC

Severity: minor

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #19 received at 27589-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Björn Lindqvist <bjourne <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 27589-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#27589: Wrong documentation for .emacs lookup on Windows
Date: Sat, 08 Jul 2017 09:47:29 +0300

> From: Björn Lindqvist <bjourne <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Sat, 8 Jul 2017 00:09:26 +0200
> Cc: 27589 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> Sorry, this was a PEBKAC. I had used (setenv "HOME" (concat (getenv "HOMEDRIVE") (getenv
> "HOMEPATH"))) to set the HOME environment variable from within emacs which I now understand is a
> terrible idea.

Thanks, I'm therefore closing the bug report.
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