Make the example more intuitive.

* doc/lispref/files.texi (File Name Expansion): Make the example more
  intuitive.
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Xue Fuqiao 2013-06-11 19:37:56 +08:00
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2013-06-11 Xue Fuqiao <xfq.free@gmail.com>
* files.texi (File Name Expansion): Make the example more
intuitive.
2013-06-10 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
Documentation fix for 'ls' and hard links.

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@ -2105,10 +2105,6 @@ start with @samp{~}.) Otherwise, the current buffer's value of
(expand-file-name "foo" "/usr/spool/")
@result{} "/usr/spool/foo"
@end group
@group
(expand-file-name "$HOME/foo")
@result{} "/xcssun/users/rms/lewis/$HOME/foo"
@end group
@end example
If the part of the combined file name before the first slash is
@ -2142,7 +2138,14 @@ This is for the sake of filesystems that have the concept of a
@file{/../} is interpreted exactly the same as @file{/}.
Note that @code{expand-file-name} does @emph{not} expand environment
variables; only @code{substitute-in-file-name} does that.
variables; only @code{substitute-in-file-name} does that:
@example
@group
(expand-file-name "$HOME/foo")
@result{} "/xcssun/users/rms/lewis/$HOME/foo"
@end group
@end example
Note also that @code{expand-file-name} does not follow symbolic links
at any level. This results in a difference between the way