title: Emacs Telling IDO where to start searching
body: <p>I've used IDO in emacs for a while now, but it started opening in the /usr/bin folder instead of the usual home folder. How do I change it back?</p>
  
  <p>Contents of the init file (if that helps):</p>
  
  <pre><code>(add-to-list 'load-path "~/.emacs.d/")
  (defun toggle-fullscreen ()
    (interactive)
    (x-send-client-message nil 0 nil "_NET_WM_STATE" 32
         '(2 "_NET_WM_STATE_MAXIMIZED_VERT" 0))
    (x-send-client-message nil 0 nil "_NET_WM_STATE" 32
         '(2 "_NET_WM_STATE_MAXIMIZED_HORZ" 0))
  )
  (toggle-fullscreen)
  (global-linum-mode 1)
  (ido-mode 1)
  (setq ido-enable-flex-matching t)
  (setq ido-everywhere t)
  (setq inhibit-startup-message t
  inhibit-startup-echo-area-message t)
  (require 'recentf)
  (recentf-mode 1)
  (setq recentf-max-menu-items 25)
  (global-set-key "\C-x\ \C-r" 'recentf-open-files)
  
  (custom-set-variables
   ;; custom-set-variables was added by Custom.
   ;; If you edit it by hand, you could mess it up, so be careful.
   ;; Your init file should contain only one such instance.
   ;; If there is more than one, they won't work right.
   )
  (custom-set-faces
   ;; custom-set-faces was added by Custom.
   ;; If you edit it by hand, you could mess it up, so be careful.
   ;; Your init file should contain only one such instance.
   ;; If there is more than one, they won't work right.
   '(default ((t (:inherit nil :stipple nil :background "#000000" :foreground "#ffffff" :inverse-video nil :box nil :strike-through nil :overline nil :underline nil :slant normal :weight normal :height 110 :width normal :foundry "unknown" :family "Monospace"))))
   '(highlight ((((class color) (min-colors 88) (background dark)) (:background "#2f4f4f"))))
   '(hl-line ((t (:background "gray10")))))
  
  (delete-selection-mode 1) 
  (global-hl-line-mode 1) 
  (setq make-backup-files nil) 
  (setq auto-save-default nil) 
  (global-visual-line-mode 1) 
  (setq TeX-auto-save t)
  (setq TeX-parse-self t)
  (setq-default TeX-master nil)
  (load "tabbar")
  (tabbar-mode 1)
  (load "bar-cursor")
  (bar-cursor-mode 1)
  (setq deft-directory "~/Dropbox/")
  (setq deft-extension "org") (setq deft-text-mode 'org-mode)
  (global-set-key [f8] 'deft)
  (setq deft-use-filename-as-title t)
  (require 'screenwriter)
  (global-set-key (kbd "&lt;f7&gt;") 'screenwriter-mode)
  (setq auto-mode-alist (cons '("\\.scp" . screenwriter-mode) auto-mode-alist))
  (setq auto-mode-alist (cons '("\\.screenplay" . screenwriter-mode) auto-mode-alist))
  (load "prelude-packages")
  </code></pre>