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diff --git a/src/editfns.c b/src/editfns.c
index 306315e..a4ee746 100644
--- a/src/editfns.c
+++ b/src/editfns.c
@@ -779,10 +779,10 @@ value of `user-full-name' is returned.
   /* #### - Stig sez: this should return nil instead of "unknown" when pw==0 */
   /* Ben sez: bad idea because it's likely to break something */
 #ifndef AMPERSAND_FULL_NAME
-  p = ((pw) ? USER_FULL_NAME : "unknown"); /* don't gettext */
+  p = pw ? USER_FULL_NAME : "unknown"; /* don't gettext */
   q = strchr (p, ',');
 #else
-  p = ((pw) ? USER_FULL_NAME : "unknown"); /* don't gettext */
+  p = pw ? USER_FULL_NAME : "unknown"; /* don't gettext */
   q = strchr (p, ',');
 #endif
   tem = ((!NILP (user) && !pw)
@@ -822,10 +822,18 @@ uncache_home_directory (void)
 				   of a few bytes */
 }
 
+/* !!#### not Mule correct. */
+
 /* Returns the home directory, in external format */
 Extbyte *
 get_home_directory (void)
 {
+  /* !!#### this is hopelessly bogus.  Rule #1: Do not make any assumptions
+     about what format an external string is in.  Could be Unicode, for all
+     we know, and then all the operations below are totally bogus.
+     Instead, convert all data to internal format *right* at the juncture
+     between XEmacs and the outside world, the very moment we first get
+     the data.  --ben */
   int output_home_warning = 0;
 
   if (cached_home_directory == NULL)
@@ -847,7 +855,9 @@ get_home_directory (void)
 	    }
 	  else
 	    {
-# if 1
+# if 0 /* changed by ben.  This behavior absolutely stinks, and the
+	  possibility being addressed here occurs quite commonly.
+	  Using the current directory makes absolutely no sense. */
 	      /*
 	       * Use the current directory.
 	       * This preserves the existing XEmacs behavior, but is different
@@ -855,12 +865,12 @@ get_home_directory (void)
 	       */
 	      if (initial_directory[0] != '\0')
 		{
-		  cached_home_directory = initial_directory;
+		  cached_home_directory = (Extbyte*) initial_directory;
 		}
 	      else
 		{
 		  /* This will probably give the wrong value */
-		  cached_home_directory = getcwd (NULL, 0);
+		  cached_home_directory = (Extbyte*) getcwd (NULL, 0);
 		}
 # else
 	      /*