GNU bug report logs - #27994
add message-default-directory

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Packages: emacs, gnus;

Reported by: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>

Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2017 02:13:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: wontfix

Found in version 5.13

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #8 received at 27994 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
Cc: yamaoka <at> jpl.org, 27994 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#27994: add message-default-directory
Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2018 21:00:06 +0200
積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org> writes:

> This is great:
>> gnus-default-directory is a variable defined in ‘gnus.el’.
>> Its value is "~/"
>> Original value was nil
>>
>> Documentation:
>> *Default directory for all Gnus buffers.
> OK but there should also be a message-default-directory.
>
> So that each time one does C-x m, the new buffer's directory is consistent.

Hm...  most modes do not have a variable like that, so I don't really
see why message-mode should, either.  Gnus is, as always, an exception.
:-)

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