GNU bug report logs - #44446
27.1; Emacs starts in wrong directory when launched from mac OS Finder

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Message #5 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Richard Brooksby <rb <at> ravenbrook.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 27.1; Emacs starts in wrong directory when launched from mac OS Finder
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2020 16:04:12 +0000

Launching a build of Emacs 27.1-1 downloaded from
<https://emacsformacosx.com/> from the mac OS Finder starts Emacs in "/"
rather than the user's home directory, as it did in Emacs 26.

There appears to be explicit code for handling this case in main.c (see <https://github.com/emacs-mirror/emacs/blob/emacs-26/src/emacs.c#L1304-L1323>), and that
code has changed between Emacs 26 and 27 (see
<https://github.com/emacs-mirror/emacs/commit/900276502fbb4dcabdabc5d7d24b4bc5645f2cf3>)
so it looks to me (at first glance) like this change is the culprit.

Further evidence:

- StackExchange
  <https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/399187/how-to-set-default-directory-for-emacs-27-1-app/405575#405575>
- build-emacs <https://github.com/caldwell/build-emacs/issues/98>


In GNU Emacs 27.1 (build 1, x86_64-apple-darwin18.7.0, NS appkit-1671.60 Version 10.14.6 (Build 18G95))
of 2020-08-12 built on builder10-14.porkrind.org
Windowing system distributor 'Apple', version 10.3.1671
System Description:  Mac OS X 10.14.6

Recent messages:
Mark set
Mark saved where search started [2 times]
Mark set
Quit
Mark set
C-x C-g is undefined
Quit [2 times]
Making completion list...
Mark saved where search started
<right-fringe> <mouse-1> is undefined

Configured using:
'configure --with-ns '--enable-locallisppath=/Library/Application
Support/Emacs/${version}/site-lisp:/Library/Application
Support/Emacs/site-lisp' --with-modules'

Configured features:
NOTIFY KQUEUE ACL GNUTLS LIBXML2 ZLIB TOOLKIT_SCROLL_BARS NS MODULES
THREADS JSON PDUMPER

Important settings:
  value of $LANG: en_GB.UTF-8
  locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix

Major mode: C/*l

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  auto-composition-mode: t
  auto-encryption-mode: t
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Message #8 received at 44446 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Andrii Kolomoiets <andreyk.mad <at> gmail.com>
To: Richard Brooksby <rb <at> ravenbrook.com>
Cc: 44446 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#44446: 27.1; Emacs starts in wrong directory when launched
 from mac OS Finder
Date: Wed, 04 Nov 2020 23:43:06 +0200

Richard Brooksby <rb <at> ravenbrook.com> writes:

> Launching a build of Emacs 27.1-1 downloaded from
> <https://emacsformacosx.com/> from the mac OS Finder starts Emacs in "/"
> rather than the user's home directory, as it did in Emacs 26.

This is fixed in Bug#42836
https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=42836

Message #11 received at 44446 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
To: Andrii Kolomoiets <andreyk.mad <at> gmail.com>,
 Richard Brooksby <rb <at> ravenbrook.com>
Cc: 44446 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#44446: 27.1; Emacs starts in wrong directory when launched
 from mac OS Finder
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2020 23:33:03 -0800

forcemerge 42836 44446
thanks

Andrii Kolomoiets <andreyk.mad <at> gmail.com> writes:

> Richard Brooksby <rb <at> ravenbrook.com> writes:
>
>> Launching a build of Emacs 27.1-1 downloaded from
>> <https://emacsformacosx.com/> from the mac OS Finder starts Emacs in "/"
>> rather than the user's home directory, as it did in Emacs 26.
>
> This is fixed in Bug#42836
> https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=42836

Merged.  Looks like the fix will be in 27.2.

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