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(General Variables): Add a footnote that all *PATH variables use

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semi-colons on DOS/Windows instead of colons.
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Eli Zaretskii 2001-02-23 19:25:39 +00:00
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@ -331,8 +331,12 @@ Directory for the documentation string file,
@file{DOC-@var{emacsversion}}. This is used to initialize the Lisp
variable @code{doc-directory}.
@item EMACSLOADPATH
A colon-separated list of directories to search for Emacs Lisp
files---used to initialize @code{load-path}.
A colon-separated list of directories@footnote{
Here and below, whenever we say ``colon-separated list of directories'',
it pertains to Unix and GNU/Linux systems. On MS-DOS and MS-Windows,
the directories are separated by semi-colons instead, since DOS/Windows
file names might include a colon after a drive letter.}
to search for Emacs Lisp files---used to initialize @code{load-path}.
@item EMACSPATH
A colon-separated list of directories to search for executable
files---used to initialize @code{exec-path}.
@ -390,9 +394,8 @@ The name of the news server. Used by the mh and Gnus packages.
The name of the organization to which you belong. Used for setting the
`Organization:' header in your posts from the Gnus package.
@item PATH
A colon-separated list of directories in which executables reside.
(On MS-DOS, it is semicolon-separated instead.) This is used to
initialize the Emacs Lisp variable @code{exec-path}.
A colon-separated list of directories in which executables reside. This
is used to initialize the Emacs Lisp variable @code{exec-path}.
@item PWD
If set, this should be the default directory when Emacs was started.
@item REPLYTO