--- Juanma Barranquero <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ... > > Though, if you're using Emacs on Windows and you do > want it to use a > different HOME you can set > HOME=C:\this\is\my\emacs\home as a new > string value in the HKLM\Software\Gnu\Emacs key of > the registry.
> On Dec 25, 2007 2:36 AM, Benjamin L. Russell > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > However, usually I steer clear of the > > registry unless absolutely necessary because > making a > > mistake there can render Windows unbootable. > > Setting something in HLKM\Software\GNU\Emacs would > not render your > Windows unbootable, though it *could* preclude Emacs > from starting. > > > In that case, though, would you happen to know > which > > value in the registry would allow me to override > > HOMEPATH for GHCi? > > AFAIK, GHCi does not read anything from the > registry. You can use the > registry to set HOME (and perhaps modify HOMEPATH / > HOMEDRIVE), but > the effect wouldn't be GHCi-specific. > > What I said about Emacs works because Emacs for > Windows takes the > trouble to read HKLM\Software\GNU\Emacs and > interpret some keys as > environment variables. This information is all very useful for customizing Emacs. Thank you for sharing this information. In that case, may I suggest to the developers of GHCi that in the next release, they design GHCi to read the Windows registry for HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Haskell\GHCi\<next-release-version-number> for a HOME key set as the GHCi HOME environmental variable, so that I can set HOME=<drive-letter>:\this\is\my\GHCi\home there (also well as adding suitable documentation for this new feature in the FAQ)? There is already a directory there for Hugs called HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Haskell\Hugs\WinhugsSep 2006, and it would seem to make sense to add a directory for GHCi there as well. Benjamin L. Russell _______________________________________________ Haskell mailing list Haskell@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell
