comparison etc/NEWS @ 64360:0221abec4702

Clarify the location of $HOME on w32.

64359:29a15341c1f5

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** 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.

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** Passing resources on the command line now works on MS Windows.

You can use --xrm to pass resource settings to Emacs, overriding any

64360:0221abec4702

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** 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.  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.

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** Passing resources on the command line now works on MS Windows.

You can use --xrm to pass resource settings to Emacs, overriding any