diff man/cmdargs.texi @ 64361:f6c51e5ebecd

(General Variables): Clarify the default location of $HOME on w32 systems.

--- a/man/cmdargs.texi	Sat Jul 16 10:48:46 2005 +0000
+++ b/man/cmdargs.texi	Sat Jul 16 10:49:45 2005 +0000
@@ -478,12 +478,15 @@
 otherwise.
 @item HOME
 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 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.
+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 the @file{Application Data}
+subdirectory of the user profile directory (normally, this is
+@file{C:/Documents and Settings/@var{username}/Application Data},
+where @var{username} is your user name), 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