GNU bug report logs - #8221
24.0.50; Allowed names for the init file. Windows/POSIX inconsistence.

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Packages: emacs, w32;

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

Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2011 21:37:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Found in version 24.0.50

Fixed in version 23.4

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #17 received at 8221 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Juanma Barranquero <lekktu <at> gmail.com>
To: Dani Moncayo <dmoncayo <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 8221 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#8221: 24.0.50;
	Allowed names for the init file. Windows/POSIX inconsistence.
Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2011 03:40:15 +0100

On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 22:36, Dani Moncayo <dmoncayo <at> gmail.com> wrote:

> For example: Why not accept "<path>\.emacs.d\.init.el" as a valid init
> file on Windows? (<path> being _any_ of the directories that Emacs
> currently checks for the `.emacs' file)

Emacs on Windows currently *does* support %HOME%/.emacs.d/init.el and
%APPDATA%/.emacs.d/init.el.

It does not support C:\.emacs.d\init.el (unless you set HOME=C:\) and
that's a feature IMHO.

    Juanma
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