Re: default-directory in windows

[Lennart Borgman (gmail)]

rahed wrote:
> Hi,
>
> in emacs 22.1 I had (setq default-directory "D:\/my/default/dir/") in my
> .emacs.
>
> This no longer works with my 22.2 - it's ignored when I run the emacs. I
> had to set the running directory within my windows link to runemacs.exe.
>
> Now when I want to open a file with C-x C-f there's a correct default
> path in a minibuffer but with backslashes as directory separators. And
> that annoyes me.

I just filed a bug report on the backslashes.

> Though consequently tab completion switches the slashes
> to forward ones.
>
> Does default-directory work with 22.2?

Yes, but default-directory is buffer local. I just noticed that with CVS 
Emacs 23 I get the default-directory you expect in *Scratch* buffer, but 
not in the "welcome buffer". It is unclear to me why the 
default-directory is different in the "welcome buffer".

I am not sure if this is the behaviour in Emacs 22. Could you please check?