Re: [Bug: 21.5-b27] read-file-name in XEmacs/Win32

Hi Vin "Vin Shelton" <acs(a)alumni.princeton.edu&gt; writes: >> Trying to save MIME data from Gnus uses the wrong default directory. I >> set mm-default directory to "~/Downloads/" (also tried >> "~\\Downloads\\" without success) >> >> Debugging revealed that the correct directory name has been passed to >> `read-file-name' but the function seems to ignore that. I always get >> whatever "~" expands to, no matter what. > > Interesting. Here's a shot in the dark: What is the value of ~, i.e. > $HOME? Does the value contain spaces? I am pretty sure it does: "C:\\Documents and Settings\\mh" But I am not sure if this is the root cause. Normally applications unable to deal with whitespace in filenames would then show something like ""C:\\Documents" and error because of the additional parameters. BTW, it could be a glitch with the Windows file selection dialog. When I call the function interactively (M-x gnus-mime-save-part), the prompt defaults to the expected directory and filename. Don't have the time right now to dig my teeth deeper into that. Maybe on the weekend. Regards, Marcus