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MH-E: want all folder buffers to use $HOME as default-directory

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Bill Wohler <wohler <at> newt.com>
Cc: 77263 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, stepheng+emacs <at> gildea.com
Subject: bug#77263: MH-E: want all folder buffers to use $HOME as default-directory
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2025 09:11:16 +0200

> Cc: 77263 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Comments: In-reply-to Stephen Gildea <stepheng+emacs <at> gildea.com>
>  message dated "Wed, 26 Mar 2025 09:22:29 -0700."
> Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2025 20:58:53 -0700
> From:  Bill Wohler via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs,
>  the Swiss army knife of text editors" <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>
> 
> Stephen Gildea <stepheng+emacs <at> gildea.com> wrote:
> 
> > Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> wrote:
> > 
> > >   I wonder if calling cd-absolute here is really a good idea.  That
> > >   function could signal an error, and it insists on the directory being
> > >   an existing accessible directory.  Is it a good idea to potentially
> > >   screw up starting MH-E if the directory happens to be problematic?
> > >   Why not simply set the default-directory of the buffer instead?
> > 
> > I had not realized that 'cd-absolute' had issues when called
> > from Lisp.  Here is a revised version of my patch:
> 
> I applied this patch and it fixes a long-standing issue I've had with
> MH-E. Does this work for you, Eli?

Yes, thanks.

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