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* doc/lispref/tips.texi (Coding Conventions): Mention GNU "path" convention

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Suggested by Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@gmail.com>.
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@ -252,6 +252,13 @@ themselves; Lisp programmers find this disconcerting.
Please put a copyright notice and copying permission notice on the
file if you distribute copies. @xref{Library Headers}.
@item
For variables holding (or functions returning) a file or directory name,
avoid using @code{path} in its name, preferring @code{file},
@code{file-name}, or @code{directory} instead, since Emacs follows the
GNU convention to use the term @emph{path} only for search paths,
which are lists of directory names.
@end itemize
@node Key Binding Conventions