Re: [h-e-w] Emacs setup helper and msi installer [Was: Re: Emacs-21.3-5 msi installer]

[Jason Rumney]

Brian Elmegaard wrote:

> When I run the user-init-file is not set. It is nil. Why is this?
If you haven't created an init file yet, then nil is the expected value.

> Is upstart options, a leftover from a previous install (I think
> everything was deleted from the registry), or a bug?
>  
What is "upstart options"?

> If I add:
> ; Brian's suggestions
> (setenv "HOME" (getenv "USERPROFILE"))
> (cd (getenv "USERPROFILE"))
> (setq user-init-file (concat (getenv "HOME") "\\_emacs"))
>
> I get a user-init-file where expected, but it has to be read manually
> by load-file. why?
>  
Because you are already past the point where the init-file is loaded.

> The directory structure confuses me. 
> Under the emacs directory I have three dirs:
> emacs-21.3, setup and site-lisp.
>
> Under emacs-21.3 there is another site-lisp, which seems to be the one
> that is actually used. What is the separate one doing?
>  
Both are in the lisp search path (at least with the default lisp search 
path). One is for version specific site-lisp files, the other for 
version independant site-lisp files.