From: Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org>
Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2005 21:49:02 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Default HOME on MS Windows has changed.
X-Git-Tag: emacs-pretest-22.0.90~8121
X-Git-Url: http://git.eshelyaron.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=43e5cbd9ccd529641181e4ad5bbf7586d73598d7;p=emacs.git

Default HOME on MS Windows has changed.
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diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index 03b494adc04..dea26210ebd 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -3044,6 +3044,17 @@ variable `calculator-radix-grouping-mode'.
 
 * Changes in Emacs 22.1 on non-free operating systems
 
+** The HOME directory defaults to Application Data under the user profile.
+
+If you used a previous version of Emacs without setting the HOME
+environment variable and a .emacs was saved, then Emacs will continue
+using C:/ as the default HOME. But if you are installing Emacs afresh,
+the default location will be the "Application Data" (or similar
+localized name) subdirectory of your user profile. This change means
+that users will have their own .emacs files on shared computers, and
+the default HOME directory is less likely to be read-only on computers
+that are administered by someone else.
+
 +++
 ** Passing resources on the command line now works on MS Windows.