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[Emacs-diffs] Changes to emacs/doc/emacs/mini.texi,v
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
[Emacs-diffs] Changes to emacs/doc/emacs/mini.texi,v |
Date: |
Sun, 12 Oct 2008 19:54:23 +0000 |
CVSROOT: /cvsroot/emacs
Module name: emacs
Changes by: Eli Zaretskii <eliz> 08/10/12 19:54:23
Index: mini.texi
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/emacs/emacs/doc/emacs/mini.texi,v
retrieving revision 1.7
retrieving revision 1.8
diff -u -b -r1.7 -r1.8
--- mini.texi 12 Oct 2008 00:46:08 -0000 1.7
+++ mini.texi 12 Oct 2008 19:54:23 -0000 1.8
@@ -89,25 +89,33 @@
@findex file-name-shadow-mode
Emacs interprets a double slash as ``ignore everything before the
second slash in the pair.'' In the example above,
address@hidden/u2/emacs/src/} is ignored, so the argument you supplied is
address@hidden/u2/emacs/src/} is ignored, so the argument you supplied is
@file{/etc/termcap}. The ignored part of the file name is dimmed if
the terminal allows it (to disable this dimming, turn off File Name
Shadow mode with the command @kbd{M-x file-name-shadow-mode}.)
@cindex home directory shorthand
- Emacs interprets @samp{~/} as your home directory. Thus,
address@hidden/foo/bar.txt} specifies a file named @samp{bar.txt}, inside a
-directory named @samp{foo}, which is in turn located in your home
+ Emacs interprets @file{~/} as your home directory. Thus,
address@hidden/foo/bar.txt} specifies a file named @file{bar.txt}, inside a
+directory named @file{foo}, which is in turn located in your home
directory. In addition, @address@hidden/} means the home
-directory of a user whose login name is @code{user-id}. Any leading
-directory name in front of the @samp{~} is ignored: thus,
address@hidden/u2/emacs/~/foo/bar.txt} is equivalent to @samp{~/foo/bar.txt}.
-
- On MS-Windows and MS-DOS systems, where a user doesn't have a home
-directory, Emacs replaces @file{~/} with the value of the environment
-variable @code{HOME}; see @ref{General Variables}. On these systems,
-the @address@hidden/} construct is supported only for the current
-user, i.e., only if @var{user-id} is the current user's login name.
+directory of a user whose login name is @var{user-id}. Any leading
+directory name in front of the @file{~} is ignored: thus,
address@hidden/u2/emacs/~/foo/bar.txt} is equivalent to @file{~/foo/bar.txt}.
+
+ On MS-Windows and MS-DOS systems, where a user doesn't always have a
+home directory, Emacs uses several alternatives. For MS-Windows, see
address@hidden HOME}; for MS-DOS, see
address@hidden
address@hidden File Names, HOME on MS-DOS}.
address@hidden ifnottex
address@hidden
address@hidden File Names, HOME on MS-DOS,, emacs, the Emacs Manual}, in
+the main Emacs manual.
address@hidden iftex
+On these systems, the @address@hidden/} construct is supported
+only for the current user, i.e., only if @var{user-id} is the current
+user's login name.
@vindex insert-default-directory
To prevent Emacs from inserting the default directory when reading