# HG changeset patch # User Jason Rumney # Date 1121464142 0 # Node ID f5718c40311a09eed6b24c6cb0b471ef8609ec5a # Parent 0d9dece55815d5d7c717f3ca862b6bb6dfa2a80c Default HOME on MS Windows has changed. diff -r 0d9dece55815 -r f5718c40311a etc/NEWS --- a/etc/NEWS Fri Jul 15 21:47:14 2005 +0000 +++ b/etc/NEWS Fri Jul 15 21:49:02 2005 +0000 @@ -3044,6 +3044,17 @@ * Changes in Emacs 22.1 on non-free operating systems +** 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. + +++ ** Passing resources on the command line now works on MS Windows.