Maybe you could read the arguments from last october about this? Kind regards, Lennart
----- Original Message ----- From: Juanma Barranquero <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wednesday, May 25, 2005 0:53 am Subject: Re: Default HOME to USERPROFILE on w32? > On 5/24/05, Lennart Borgman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > There was a discussion in oct 2004 about what to do on w32 if > HOME env > > var was not set. I think the decision pretty much was to use > > USERPROFILE. > > I didn't read it, but, why USERPROFILE and not, for example, APPDATA? > Emacs uses HOME to read .emacs.el, but also to write quite a lot of > stuff, and that seems more appropriate for %APPDATA%\.emacs\, for > example, that %USERPROFILE%\ > > -- > /L/e/k/t/u > > > _______________________________________________ > Emacs-devel mailing list > Emacs-devel@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-devel > _______________________________________________ Emacs-devel mailing list Emacs-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-devel
