GNU bug report logs - #8653
24.0.50; `M-x grep' output converts `~' to /cygdrive/c/...

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Wed, 11 May 2011 15:34:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: notabug

Found in version 24.0.50

Done: npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net

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From: Andy Moreton <andrewjmoreton <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: bug#8653: 24.0.50; `M-x grep' output converts `~' to /cygdrive/c/...
Date: Thu, 12 May 2011 19:06:52 +0100

On Thu 12 May 2011, Drew Adams wrote:

> It sounds like you are confirming that "the problem" exists even for later
> Cygwin versions: Users cannot have HOME=c:\ and avoid the noise.  Is that
> correct?
>
> Users should be able to have HOME= c:\.
> That should be a no-brainer.

Sure - tell cygwin that /home is mounted at C:\ and you're done.

> But this bug report is not about fixing Cygwin.  If there is nothing Emacs could
> or should do here, then we can close this bug.

Agreed.
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