(General Variables): Default HOME on MS Windows has changed.

2 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/man/ChangeLog b/man/ChangeLog
index 2c5852598e0..ea2a10fd943 100644
--- a/man/ChangeLog
+++ b/man/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2005-07-15  Jason Rumney  <jasonr@gnu.org>
+
+        * cmdargs.texi (General Variables): Default HOME on MS Windows has
+        changed.
+
 2005-07-08  Kenichi Handa  <handa@m17n.org>
 
         * mule.texi (Recognize Coding): Recommend
diff --git a/man/cmdargs.texi b/man/cmdargs.texi
index 5094a924cc7..3823f56c4c6 100644
--- a/man/cmdargs.texi
+++ b/man/cmdargs.texi
@@ -481,7 +481,9 @@ 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 @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