to limitations of the DOS filesystems. If the filesystem is limited
to 8+3 file names, the name of the file will be truncated by the OS to
@file{_dir-loc.el}.
-}in a directory. Whenever Emacs visits any file in that directory or
+} in a directory. Whenever Emacs visits any file in that directory or
any of its subdirectories, it will apply the directory-local variables
specified in @file{.dir-locals.el}, as though they had been defined as
file-local variables for that file (@pxref{File Variables}). Emacs