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(General Variables): Default HOME on MS Windows has changed.
author Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org>
date Fri, 15 Jul 2005 21:46:49 +0000
parents 924e4bdb2664
children 0d9dece55815
files man/cmdargs.texi
diffstat 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/man/cmdargs.texi	Fri Jul 15 18:11:53 2005 +0000
+++ b/man/cmdargs.texi	Fri Jul 15 21:46:49 2005 +0000
@@ -481,7 +481,9 @@
 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 @file{C:/}, the root directory of drive @file{C:}.
+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.
 @item HOSTNAME
 The name of the machine that Emacs is running on.
 @item INCPATH