Re: [XEmacs] Install Wizard

Vin Shelton wrote:

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> As far as the 'Start in' field in the shortcut - that is easily
> customized and I don't necessarily think it makes a lot of sense to
> set it in the setup kit.  I'll think about this and see if anything
> worthwhile comes to mind.

I made the same propose at <[email protected]>, this wrote
Lennart Borgman:

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|  From: "Lennart Borgman" <[email protected]>
|  To: "Jason Rumney" <[email protected]>
|  Cc: "Drew Adams" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; "Sabine 'Sani' Schulz" <[email protected]>
|  Sent: Sunday, April 02, 2006 2:53 AM
|  Subject: Re: [h-e-w] [Emacs32] Install Wizard
|  
|  > Jason Rumney wrote:
|  >> Lennart Borgman <[email protected]> writes:
|  >>
|  >>> Since Emacs could be started in many different ways I would rather
|  >>> suggest that Emacs by default set the default directory to %HOME% (or
|  >>> the corresponding) on different platforms.
|  >>>     
|  >>
|  >> That would be undesirable. When starting Emacs from the command-line,
|  >> the current directory should always stay the same as the parent shell.
|  >> I don't think there is a reliable way to find out how Emacs was
|  >> started, so we have to leave it up to the parent shell to set the
|  >> current directory for us. Unfortunately Windows Explorer sets it to
|  >> the directory in which the .exe is located by default. I think X has a
|  >> more useful default of $HOME.
|  >>   
|  > Ok, thanks. Then I will put %home% for working dir for the shortcuts.
|  
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That`s what i mean, see also <news:[email protected]>

Sabine