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(Directory Names) <abbreviate-file-name>: Document that root home directories are not replaced with "~".

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function:

@defun abbreviate-file-name filename
@anchor{Definition of abbreviate-file-name}
This function applies abbreviations from @code{directory-abbrev-alist}
to its argument, and substitutes @samp{~} for the user's home
directory.  You can use it for directory names and for file names,
because it recognizes abbreviations even as part of the name.
@end defun

@node File Name Expansion
@subsection Functions that Expand Filenames
@cindex expansion of file names

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function:

@defun abbreviate-file-name filename
@anchor{Definition of abbreviate-file-name}
This function applies abbreviations from @code{directory-abbrev-alist}
to its argument, and also substitutes @samp{~} for the user's home
directory if the argument names a file in the home directory or one of
its subdirectories.  (If the home directory is a root directory, it is
not replaced with @samp{~}, because this does not make the result
shorter on many systems.)  You can use it for directory names and for
file names, because it recognizes abbreviations even as part of the
name.
@end defun

@node File Name Expansion
@subsection Functions that Expand Filenames
@cindex expansion of file names