> Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 20:08:51 +0800
> From: Sun Yijiang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> 
> The %HOME% environment variable is used by many programs under w32, so it's
> really a mess sometime.

Is HOME used for any other purpose than Emacs does: to store the
user's private init files?  If some programs use HOME for conflicting
purposes, could you please name those programs and describe the
details?

> I suggest Emacs use a different HOME variable=20
> underw32, something like %EMACS_HOME% or %EHOME%.

I don't think we should introduce such a variable without a very good
reason; hence the questions above.


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