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Re: when an xterm starts, it always starts in ~/Documents



On 02/24/2012 05:59 PM, Sian Mountbatten wrote:
> Whenever I start an xterm, I notice that it starts in ~/Documents rather
> than in the home directory. Why is that? Where is it set?
> 
> And can it be set to the HOME directory?
> -- 
> Sian Mountbatten
> Algol 68 specialist
> 
> 

I noticed similar behavior using emacs in KDE4 a while back.

The quick and dirty solution was to open system settings, navigate to
account details, select paths, and set my documents path to my home
directory (I think this is what Hans was trying to suggest you do).

-- Andrew


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