bug#18851: 24.4; emacs cannot be started if the current directory has been removed

[Andreas Schwab]

Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net> writes:

> On 2014-10-29 17:15:45 +0100, Andreas Schwab wrote:
>> Try this:
>> 
>> emacs --eval '(progn (setq default-directory nil) (find-file "~/out"))'
>
> Thanks. Now my question is: after starting Emacs like that, will there
> be any serious problem due to the fact that default-directory value is
> nil (except for the ~/out buffer)?

The global value of default-directory isn't actually used that much, new
buffers inherit its value from the current buffer.

Andreas.

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