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

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Message #30 received at 8220-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Juanma Barranquero <lekktu <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 8220-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org, drew.adams <at> oracle.com, 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 17:42:11 +0200

> From: Juanma Barranquero <lekktu <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2011 16:20:51 +0100
> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, Dani Moncayo <dmoncayo <at> gmail.com>, 8220-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> > 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".

Actually, it's for compatibility with older versions of _Windows_,
and, more importantly, for helping users migrate from DOS (which
simply doesn't allow file names that begin with a period).  That
migration is all over by now; whoever still uses DOS will never go to
Windows on the same machine.  So it's time to deprecate that old
feature, which makes documentation harder and Emacs operation
trickier.

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