bug: hywiki-directory is created at ~/hywiki even when customized via setq or custom-set-variables

[o-rwx]

Description

The hywiki-directory variable cannot be customized to an alternate path (e.g., inside ~/.tmp/) during Emacs startup. Even when explicitly configured by the user, Hyperbole still creates the default ~/hywiki/ directory in the user's home folder upon initialization.

Environment

• Emacs Version: 30+
• Hyperbole Version: Latest (installed via Elpaca package manager)

Steps to Reproduce & What I Have Tried

I am trying to move the HyWiki directories to a temporary location using the following configuration styles, but all of them fail to prevent the creation of ~/hywiki/:

1. Attempt with setq inside the package declaration:

(elpaca hyperbole
  (setq hywiki-directory "~/.tmp/hywiki/"
        hywiki-org-publishing-directory "~/.tmp/public/")
  (hyperbole-mode 1))

2. Attempt with setq-default:

(elpaca hyperbole
  (setq-default hywiki-directory "~/.tmp/hywiki/")
  (setq-default hywiki-org-publishing-directory "~/.tmp/public/")
  (hyperbole-mode 1))

3. Attempt with customize-set-variable after load:

(with-eval-after-load 'hyperbole
  (customize-set-variable 'hywiki-directory "~/.tmp/hywiki/")
  (hywiki-mode :all))

4. Attempt setting global variables absolute-first (before package manager initialization):

(setq hywiki-directory "~/.tmp/hywiki/")
(elpaca hyperbole (hyperbole-mode 1))

In every single scenario, deleting ~/hywiki/ from the terminal and restarting Emacs results in the folder ~/hywiki/ being automatically recreated on startup.

Expected Behavior

Hyperbole should respect hywiki-directory user configurations set via standard Emacs mechanisms (setq, custom-set-variable) prior to or during package load, without creating the default directory at ~/hywiki/.

[rswgnu]

Thanks for reporting this. We'll look into it and find a solution.

[rswgnu]

@o-rwx

You want to customize hywiki-directory before loading Hyperbole, not after. You can try just interactively customizing it with {M-x customize-variable RET} one time. Then you shouldn't have to edit it again. For regular emacs initializations before Hyperbole is loaded you can put them into "~/.emacs.d/early-init.el". With elpaca, just ensure your setting is prior to your load of Hyperbole and use customize-set-variable or setopt rather than setq. Please let us know if this works for you.