diff man/files.texi @ 80812:08cc1154f281

~ description fixes from rms
author Karl Berry <karl@gnu.org>
date Sat, 28 Apr 2007 18:01:38 +0000
parents 33f2d021b89e
children 46fd08fd44f3 4d96d6799f84 70bf32a0f523
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--- a/man/files.texi	Sat Apr 28 17:56:06 2007 +0000
+++ b/man/files.texi	Sat Apr 28 18:01:38 2007 +0000
@@ -112,9 +112,9 @@
 or @file{~@var{user-id}/} to mean the home directory of a user whose
 login name is @code{user-id}@footnote{
 On MS-Windows and MS-DOS systems, where a user doesn't have a home
-directory, Emacs substitutes @file{~/} with the value of the
-environment variable @code{HOME}; see @ref{General Variables}.  The
-@file{~@var{user-id}/} construct is supported on those systems only
+directory, Emacs replaces @file{~/} with the value of the
+environment variable @code{HOME}; see @ref{General Variables}.  On
+these systems, the @file{~@var{user-id}/} construct is supported only
 for the current user, i.e., only if @var{user-id} is the current
 user's login name.}.