From f95a841c6fbc9ec217a9f59c7ae3c682947a73bd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jason Rumney Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2005 21:47:14 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] (General Variables): Default HOME on MS Windows has changed. --- man/ChangeLog | 5 +++++ man/cmdargs.texi | 4 +++- 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/man/ChangeLog b/man/ChangeLog index 2c5852598e0..ea2a10fd943 100644 --- a/man/ChangeLog +++ b/man/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2005-07-15 Jason Rumney + + * cmdargs.texi (General Variables): Default HOME on MS Windows has + changed. + 2005-07-08 Kenichi Handa * mule.texi (Recognize Coding): Recommend diff --git a/man/cmdargs.texi b/man/cmdargs.texi index 5094a924cc7..3823f56c4c6 100644 --- a/man/cmdargs.texi +++ b/man/cmdargs.texi @@ -481,7 +481,9 @@ The location of the user's files in the directory tree; used for expansion of file names starting with a tilde (@file{~}). On MS-DOS, it defaults to the directory from which Emacs was started, with @samp{/bin} removed from the end if it was present. On Windows, the default value -of @env{HOME} is @file{C:/}, the root directory of drive @file{C:}. +of @env{HOME} is the @file{Application Data} subdirectory of the user +profile directory, though for backwards compatibility @file{C:/} will +be used instead if a @file{.emacs} file is found there. @item HOSTNAME The name of the machine that Emacs is running on. @item INCPATH -- 2.39.2