Variable: browse-url-temp-dir

browse-url-temp-dir is a customizable variable defined in browse-url.el.gz.

Value

"/tmp/"

Documentation

The name of a directory for browse-url's temporary files.

Such files are generated by functions like browse-url-of-region. You might want to set this to somewhere with restricted read permissions for privacy's sake.

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/net/browse-url.el.gz
(defcustom browse-url-temp-dir temporary-file-directory
  "The name of a directory for browse-url's temporary files.
Such files are generated by functions like `browse-url-of-region'.
You might want to set this to somewhere with restricted read permissions
for privacy's sake."
  :type 'string)