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Clarify the location of $HOME on w32.
author | Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> |
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date | Sat, 16 Jul 2005 10:48:46 +0000 |
parents | 5996c7d35acd |
children | 6b0259b0b8c9 |
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64359:29a15341c1f5 | 64360:0221abec4702 |
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3046 | 3046 |
3047 +++ | 3047 +++ |
3048 ** The HOME directory defaults to Application Data under the user profile. | 3048 ** The HOME directory defaults to Application Data under the user profile. |
3049 | 3049 |
3050 If you used a previous version of Emacs without setting the HOME | 3050 If you used a previous version of Emacs without setting the HOME |
3051 environment variable and a .emacs was saved, then Emacs will continue | 3051 environment variable and a `.emacs' was saved, then Emacs will continue |
3052 using C:/ as the default HOME. But if you are installing Emacs afresh, | 3052 using C:/ as the default HOME. But if you are installing Emacs afresh, |
3053 the default location will be the "Application Data" (or similar | 3053 the default location will be the "Application Data" (or similar |
3054 localized name) subdirectory of your user profile. This change means | 3054 localized name) subdirectory of your user profile. A typical location |
3055 that users will have their own .emacs files on shared computers, and | 3055 of this directory is "C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\Application Data", |
3056 the default HOME directory is less likely to be read-only on computers | 3056 where USERNAME is your user name. |
3057 that are administered by someone else. | 3057 |
3058 This change means that users can now have their own `.emacs' files on | |
3059 shared computers, and the default HOME directory is less likely to be | |
3060 read-only on computers that are administered by someone else. | |
3058 | 3061 |
3059 +++ | 3062 +++ |
3060 ** Passing resources on the command line now works on MS Windows. | 3063 ** Passing resources on the command line now works on MS Windows. |
3061 | 3064 |
3062 You can use --xrm to pass resource settings to Emacs, overriding any | 3065 You can use --xrm to pass resource settings to Emacs, overriding any |