Re: cd to the user's home dir

[Emanuel Berg]

Andrey Tykhonov <atykhonov@gmail.com> writes:

> I would like to be able to `cd' into the user's home
> directory in the same way as I can `cd' in the shell:
>
> cd ~admin
>
> I try in Emacs:
>
> M-x cd RET ~admin RET
>
> but it doesn't work. Emacs seems doesn't provide such
> functionality. Am I wrong?

`cd' changes the "default directory" of the current
buffer - e.g., so when you `find-file' in that buffer,
the prompt will by default be pointed at that
directory, as the most likely place you would want to
look.

I don't really get what you want - with dired, to show
the home directory's files:

(dired "~")

or perhaps:

(dired (getenv "HOME"))

- is that what you look for?

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