Re: default-directory launched from Dock macOS

[Nicolas Cavigneaux]

Tak Kunihiro <tak.kunihiro@gmail.com> writes:

> From: 조성빈 <pcr910303@icloud.com>
> Subject: Re: default-directory launched from Dock macOS
> Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2020 08:37:33 +0900
>
>>> I want to launch emacs from Dock on macOS.
>>>
>>> From scratch buffer on emacs 26.3, C-x C-f prompts home directory
>>> "~/".  However, from scratch buffer on emacs 27.0.91, C-x C-f prompts
>>> root directory "/", which is inconvenient.
>
>> I also noticed this - I launch Emacs from spotlight, and it’s pretty
>> inconvenient. Can anybody explain why the change happened?
>> Was it explicit?
>
> It's good to know I'm not the only one.

Maybe it's related to how MacOS and Spotlight handle environment
variables when the app is launch by clicking its icon or using
spotlight.

There are good chance that your HOME environment variable is empty.

You can instruct MacOS about these environment variables by following a
post I wrote about it:

https://www.bounga.org/tips/2020/04/07/instructs-mac-os-gui-apps-about-path-environment-variable/

Hope this helps.
-- 
Nicolas Cavigneaux
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