# HG changeset patch # User Eli Zaretskii # Date 1121510985 0 # Node ID f6c51e5ebecd5b2485bbab577f5985658dd7d870 # Parent 0221abec47027ca6de036ab5d5742e1f9c872a5c (General Variables): Clarify the default location of $HOME on w32 systems. diff -r 0221abec4702 -r f6c51e5ebecd man/cmdargs.texi --- 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