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| -rw-r--r-- | lisp/startup.el | 2 |
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/startup.el b/lisp/startup.el index e614466aa23..ec222b3a38d 100644 --- a/lisp/startup.el +++ b/lisp/startup.el @@ -581,7 +581,7 @@ It is the default value of the variable `top-level'." (set (make-local-variable 'window-point-insertion-type) t) ;; Give *Messages* the same default-directory as *scratch*, ;; just to keep things predictable. - (setq default-directory dir))) + (setq default-directory (or dir (expand-file-name "~/"))))) ;; `user-full-name' is now known; reset its standard-value here. (put 'user-full-name 'standard-value (list (default-value 'user-full-name))) |