changeset 56142:fdd6cb3fe998

(parse-colon-path, cd): Mention in docstring that the path separator is colon in GNU-like systems.
author Juanma Barranquero <lekktu@gmail.com>
date Wed, 16 Jun 2004 23:56:46 +0000
parents efe31ed8a713
children 94e9e6f1f0b3
files lisp/files.el
diffstat 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/lisp/files.el	Wed Jun 16 23:50:03 2004 +0000
+++ b/lisp/files.el	Wed Jun 16 23:56:46 2004 +0000
@@ -527,7 +527,8 @@
 
 (defun parse-colon-path (cd-path)
   "Explode a search path into a list of directory names.
-Directories are separated by occurrences of `path-separator'."
+Directories are separated by occurrences of `path-separator'
+\(which is colon in GNU and GNU-like systems)."
   ;; We could use split-string here.
   (and cd-path
        (let (cd-list (cd-start 0) cd-colon)
@@ -562,7 +563,8 @@
   "Make DIR become the current buffer's default directory.
 If your environment includes a `CDPATH' variable, try each one of
 that list of directories (separated by occurrences of
-`path-separator') when resolving a relative directory name."
+`path-separator') when resolving a relative directory name.
+The path separator is colon in GNU and GNU-like systems."
   (interactive
    (list (read-directory-name "Change default directory: "
 			 default-directory default-directory