~ description fixes from rms

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@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2007-04-28  Richard Stallman  <rms@gnu.org>
+
+       * files.texi (File Names): Fixes to ~ description on MS systems.
+
 2007-04-28  Karl Berry  <karl@gnu.org>
 
        * emacs.texi: Improve line breaks on copyright page,

diff --git a/man/files.texi b/man/files.texi
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@@ -112,9 +112,9 @@ first slash in the double slash; the result is @samp{/x1/rms/foo}.
 or @file{~@var{user-id}/} to mean the home directory of a user whose
 login name is @code{user-id}@footnote{
 On MS-Windows and MS-DOS systems, where a user doesn't have a home
-directory, Emacs substitutes @file{~/} with the value of the
-environment variable @code{HOME}; see @ref{General Variables}.  The
-@file{~@var{user-id}/} construct is supported on those systems only
+directory, Emacs replaces @file{~/} with the value of the
+environment variable @code{HOME}; see @ref{General Variables}.  On
+these systems, the @file{~@var{user-id}/} construct is supported only
 for the current user, i.e., only if @var{user-id} is the current
 user's login name.}.