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diff man/files.texi @ 80812:08cc1154f281
~ description fixes from rms
author | Karl Berry <karl@gnu.org> |
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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.}.