changeset 77599:d80221a6229e

~ description fixes from rms
author Karl Berry <karl@gnu.org>
date Sat, 28 Apr 2007 18:00:51 +0000
parents 2177f0100c5c
children 317edcdecb49
files man/ChangeLog man/files.texi
diffstat 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/man/ChangeLog	Sat Apr 28 17:54:13 2007 +0000
+++ b/man/ChangeLog	Sat Apr 28 18:00:51 2007 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2007-04-28  Richard Stallman  <rms@gnu.org>
+
+	* files.texi (File Names): Fixes to ~ description on MS systems.
+
 2007-04-28  Karl Berry  <karl@gnu.org>
 
 	* emacs.texi: Improve line breaks on copyright page,
--- a/man/files.texi	Sat Apr 28 17:54:13 2007 +0000
+++ b/man/files.texi	Sat Apr 28 18:00:51 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.}.