From: ShengHuo ZHU <zsh@cs.rochester.edu>
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2003 01:16:09 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: * gnus.texi: Do not use `path' in several locations.
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* gnus.texi: Do not use `path' in several locations.
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diff --git a/man/ChangeLog b/man/ChangeLog
index 316a0c2427d..1b1f0ab7bc1 100644
--- a/man/ChangeLog
+++ b/man/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2003-01-15  ShengHuo ZHU  <zsh@cs.rochester.edu>
+
+	* gnus.texi: Do not use `path' in several locations.
+
 2003-01-09  Francesco Potort,Al(B  <pot@gnu.org>
 
 	* maintaining.texi (Create Tags Table): Added reference to the new
diff --git a/man/gnus.texi b/man/gnus.texi
index 55987a1bce8..66fd0f915df 100644
--- a/man/gnus.texi
+++ b/man/gnus.texi
@@ -10840,19 +10840,19 @@ Where the news lib dir is (@file{/usr/lib/news/} by default).
 
 @item nnspool-active-file
 @vindex nnspool-active-file
-The path to the active file.
+The name of the active file.
 
 @item nnspool-newsgroups-file
 @vindex nnspool-newsgroups-file
-The path to the group descriptions file.
+The name of the group descriptions file.
 
 @item nnspool-history-file
 @vindex nnspool-history-file
-The path to the news history file.
+The name of the news history file.
 
 @item nnspool-active-times-file
 @vindex nnspool-active-times-file
-The path to the active date file.
+The name of the active date file.
 
 @item nnspool-nov-is-evil
 @vindex nnspool-nov-is-evil
@@ -11130,7 +11130,7 @@ Keywords:
 
 @table @code
 @item :path
-The path of the file.  Defaults to the value of the @code{MAIL}
+The file name.  Defaults to the value of the @code{MAIL}
 environment variable or @file{/usr/mail/spool/user-name}.
 @end table
 
@@ -11140,7 +11140,7 @@ An example file mail source:
 (file :path "/usr/spool/mail/user-name")
 @end lisp
 
-Or using the default path:
+Or using the default file name:
 
 @lisp
 (file)
@@ -11183,7 +11183,7 @@ Keywords:
 
 @table @code
 @item :path
-The path of the directory where the files are.  There is no default
+The name of the directory where the files are.  There is no default
 value.
 
 @item :suffix
@@ -11317,7 +11317,7 @@ Keywords:
 
 @table @code
 @item :path
-The path of the directory where the mails are stored.  The default is
+The name of the directory where the mails are stored.  The default is
 taken from the @code{MAILDIR} environment variable or
 @samp{~/Maildir/}.
 @item :subdirs
@@ -12003,7 +12003,7 @@ Here's how:
 Go to the group buffer.
 
 @item
-Type @kbd{G f} and give the path to the mbox file when prompted to create an
+Type @kbd{G f} and give the name of the mbox file when prompted to create an
 @code{nndoc} group from the mbox file (@pxref{Foreign Groups}).
 
 @item
@@ -18710,14 +18710,14 @@ to non-existent domains is yucky, in my opinion.
 @table @code
 
 @item gnus-home-directory
-All Gnus path variables will be initialized from this variable, which
-defaults to @file{~/}.
+All Gnus file and directory variables will be initialized from this
+variable, which defaults to @file{~/}.
 
 @item gnus-directory
 @vindex gnus-directory
-Most Gnus storage path variables will be initialized from this variable,
-which defaults to the @samp{SAVEDIR} environment variable, or
-@file{~/News/} if that variable isn't set.
+Most Gnus storage file and directory variables will be initialized from
+this variable, which defaults to the @samp{SAVEDIR} environment
+variable, or @file{~/News/} if that variable isn't set.
 
 Note that Gnus is mostly loaded when the @file{.gnus.el} file is read.
 This means that other directory variables that are initialized from this