# HG changeset patch # User Karl Berry # Date 1177783298 0 # Node ID 08cc1154f2819ee0d91cb72ab891cfc053653430 # Parent f40c1549ef999ecaf5499ca874bf28c03d963ac9 ~ description fixes from rms diff -r f40c1549ef99 -r 08cc1154f281 man/ChangeLog --- a/man/ChangeLog Sat Apr 28 17:56:06 2007 +0000 +++ b/man/ChangeLog Sat Apr 28 18:01:38 2007 +0000 @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2007-04-28 Richard Stallman + + * files.texi (File Names): Fixes to ~ description on MS systems. + 2007-04-27 J.D. Smith * idlwave.texi: Minor updates for IDLWAVE 6.1. diff -r f40c1549ef99 -r 08cc1154f281 man/files.texi --- 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.}.