GNU bug report logs - #8220
24.0.50; (On Windows XP) "c:\_emacs" isn't found during startup

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Packages: w32, emacs;

Reported by: Dani Moncayo <dmoncayo <at> gmail.com>

Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2011 20:41:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 24.0.50

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #29 received at 8220-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Juanma Barranquero <lekktu <at> gmail.com>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 8220-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
	Dani Moncayo <dmoncayo <at> gmail.com>
Subject: Re: bug#8220: 24.0.50;
	(On Windows XP) "c:\_emacs" isn't found during startup
Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2011 16:20:51 +0100

On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 15:47, Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com> wrote:

> Too bad.  $HOME as c:\ should not be treated differently from other dirs as $HOME.

It isn't, if you set HOME to C:\. Which you should, IMHO, if you want
to use it as home.

> And _emacs is a longstanding, positive feature, not something that should be
> removed.

Not according to the docs, which clearly say that it is "for
compatibility with older versions of
Emacs". Sooner or later it's time to go forward and abandon such cruft.

> Just one opinion.

Same here.

    Juanma
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