From: Eli Zaretskii Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2005 10:48:46 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Clarify the location of $HOME on w32. X-Git-Tag: emacs-pretest-22.0.90~8116 X-Git-Url: http://git.eshelyaron.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=73d99a4b411c5ac03c2051a5cf0bfac103b8c82a;p=emacs.git Clarify the location of $HOME on w32. --- diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS index 4aa77262afb..6492328c98a 100644 --- a/etc/NEWS +++ b/etc/NEWS @@ -3048,13 +3048,16 @@ variable `calculator-radix-grouping-mode'. ** 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, +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. +localized name) subdirectory of your user profile. A typical location +of this directory is "C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\Application Data", +where USERNAME is your user name. + +This change means that users can now 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.