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authorPaul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>2017-09-09 13:39:22 -0700
committerPaul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>2017-09-09 13:41:20 -0700
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Be more consistent about "directory name" in manual
This clarifies the documentation, partly in response to the discussion in Bug#27986.
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@@ -939,7 +939,7 @@ is
Any environment variables (names of which must have the Unix-style form
@code{$NAME}, e.g., @code{$HOME}, @code{$EMACSDATA}, @code{$EMACS_DIR},
regardless of platform) are evaluated first but each element must
-evaluate to a @emph{single} directory name. Trailing @file{/}s are
+evaluate to a @emph{single} name of a directory. Trailing @file{/}s are
ignored. (Specific directories in @code{woman-path} are also searched.)
On Microsoft platforms I recommend including drive letters explicitly,
@@ -989,7 +989,7 @@ and on other platforms is @code{nil}.
Any environment variables (names of which must have the Unix-style form
@code{$NAME}, e.g., @code{$HOME}, @code{$EMACSDATA}, @code{$EMACS_DIR},
regardless of platform) are evaluated first but each element must
-evaluate to a @emph{single} directory name (regexp, see above). For
+evaluate to a @emph{single} name of a directory (regexp, see above). For
example
@lisp