# HG changeset patch # User Richard M. Stallman # Date 748288300 0 # Node ID 97c1e7309a2df8bc5332b905af1cdb8a0a9bc0a1 # Parent 488d0b66838096cfab834068b23d3e65550b3352 (directory-abbrev-alist): Doc fix. diff -r 488d0b668380 -r 97c1e7309a2d lisp/files.el --- a/lisp/files.el Fri Sep 17 16:50:01 1993 +0000 +++ b/lisp/files.el Fri Sep 17 17:51:40 1993 +0000 @@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ done when setting up the default directory of a newly visited file. *Every* FROM string should start with `^'. +Do not use `~' in the TO strings. +They should be ordinary absolute directory names. + Use this feature when you have directories which you normally refer to via absolute symbolic links. Make TO the name of the link, and FROM the name it is linked to.")