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  • BTW, default-directory is buffer-local. It changes every time you visit a file in a different directory. Definitely a bug if it uses a relative path anywhere. Name of default directory of current buffer. It should be an absolute directory name; on GNU and Unix systems, these names start with /' or ~' and end with /'.` Commented Oct 26, 2021 at 0:21
  • OK default-directory might not be the correct thing - the question is what exactly is used Commented Oct 26, 2021 at 7:45