From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
To: ding@gnus.org
Subject: Re: mm-default-directory not honoured
Date: Thu, 07 Oct 2010 21:33:53 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m31v81ajby.fsf@quimbies.gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <yovask0kgqf5.fsf@sampling.wsl.ch>
Adrian Lanz <lanz@wsl.ch> writes:
> Afterwards in line
>
> (setq mm-default-directory (file-name-directory file))
>
> (file-name-directory file) returns nil and mm-default-directory is set
> to nil. Does it really work for you as expected?
Ah, right. So it works the first time, but not the second. I've now
fixed this.
> BTW, now that I have a look into this code: as a user I never liked the
> effect of this line (setq mm-default-directory (file-name-directory
> file)).
Yeah, it does seem a bit annoying. But, on the other hand, if you're
saving five attachments and want them all to go to the same directory,
it's quite convenient. So I don't know...
--
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
larsi@gnus.org * Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-10-07 19:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-10-05 8:58 Adrian Lanz
2010-10-05 17:04 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-10-05 23:39 ` Adrian Lanz
2010-10-07 19:33 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen [this message]
2010-10-09 11:31 ` Adrian Lanz
2010-10-09 14:02 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-10-26 11:57 ` Adrian Lanz
2010-10-29 23:01 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-11-01 8:46 ` Adrian Lanz
2010-11-01 11:54 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-11-02 10:47 ` Adrian Lanz
2010-11-04 19:56 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
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