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bug#12908: 24.3.50; file `emacs_backtrace.txt'?
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
bug#12908: 24.3.50; file `emacs_backtrace.txt'? |
Date: |
Sat, 17 Nov 2012 09:23:12 +0200 |
> From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>
> Cc: <lekktu@gmail.com>, <12908@debbugs.gnu.org>
> Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 13:02:27 -0800
>
> > > And I'm thinking that the default location should perhaps
> > > be somewhere under .emacs.d, perhaps with the dir that is
> > > currently used as the default recorded somehow.
> >
> > This is dangerous, because accessing the home directory may involve
> > Lisp evaluation, e.g. if that directory is remote. This facility must
> > be as simple and close to the bare metal as possible, or else it will
> > be more trouble than help.
>
> Then put it under the Emacs installation directory.
>
> The point is to get it away from user files.
Again, I just mimicked the behavior on Unix, as best as possible.
Please read the manual to learn where this information is put on Unix.
bug#12908: 24.3.50; file `emacs_backtrace.txt'?, Eli Zaretskii, 2012/11/16
bug#12908: 24.3.50; file `emacs_backtrace.txt'?, Paul Eggert, 2012/11/17