summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/man/files.texi
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorKarl Berry <karl@gnu.org>2007-04-28 18:01:38 +0000
committerKarl Berry <karl@gnu.org>2007-04-28 18:01:38 +0000
commitc4071b5ff439596846721a0075192c7fc112236e (patch)
treec294ab99968925342f622d151978a131e071bda1 /man/files.texi
parent4293ee661517a257e9dd9594e3f7a99654ddfb10 (diff)
downloademacs-c4071b5ff439596846721a0075192c7fc112236e.tar.gz
~ description fixes from rms
Diffstat (limited to 'man/files.texi')
-rw-r--r--man/files.texi6
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/man/files.texi b/man/files.texi
index 16acf241433..588fe4cae0b 100644
--- a/man/files.texi
+++ b/man/files.texi
@@ -112,9 +112,9 @@ first slash in the double slash; the result is @samp{/x1/rms/foo}.
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.}.