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Re: default-directory launched from Dock macOS


From: Perry Smith
Subject: Re: default-directory launched from Dock macOS
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2020 07:45:49 -0500


> On Apr 28, 2020, at 2:46 AM, Nicolas Cavigneaux <cavigneaux@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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.

This sounded plausible but HOME is set to my HOME directory and USER is set to 
my user name.

It will be curious to learn what changed.





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