Re: Beginner emacs / SLIME / ACL / ASDF question

Darren New <dnew@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

Sacha wrote:
Thanks for the response. XP does not have a concept of Home Folder,
but I *think* that C: is the default.

On a standard install that would be :
c:\Documents and Settings\YourUserName\

Well, Windows lacks a specific "home" concept as such. That points to
a collection of directories that have specific uses - temp
directories, files on the local machine, files that should roam with
the user profile, cache directories, etc. So in practice there's no
concept of "*A* home directory" because having only one such directory
is rather limiting. But if you actually learn and use the appropriate
mechanisms, you get good support from the OS.

There absolutely is a concept of a home directory, and
%HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH% should evaluate to its path. It will not always
be the same as %USERPROFILE%. Take your pick of which of the home
directory and the profile directory is appropriate to use in a given
situation.
.

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