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changeset 64361:f6c51e5ebecd
(General Variables): Clarify the default location of $HOME on w32 systems.
| author | Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> |
|---|---|
| date | Sat, 16 Jul 2005 10:49:45 +0000 |
| parents | 0221abec4702 |
| children | cbb3c92e7023 |
| files | man/cmdargs.texi |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- 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