From: Tino Calancha <tino.calancha@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2017 08:23:02 +0000 (+0900)
Subject: default-directory: Remark that it must be a directory name
X-Git-Tag: emacs-25.2~10
X-Git-Url: http://git.eshelyaron.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=84938d79698c1725016e2bc6480d5d73cc769a81;p=emacs.git

default-directory: Remark that it must be a directory name

* src/buffer.c (default-directory): Update docstring (Bug#26272).
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diff --git a/src/buffer.c b/src/buffer.c
index c1c53dd2207..8ef27dee0f3 100644
--- a/src/buffer.c
+++ b/src/buffer.c
@@ -5754,7 +5754,9 @@ visual lines rather than logical lines.  See the documentation of
   DEFVAR_PER_BUFFER ("default-directory", &BVAR (current_buffer, directory),
 		     Qstringp,
 		     doc: /* Name of default directory of current buffer.
-To interactively change the default directory, use command `cd'.  */);
+It should be a directory name (as opposed to a directory file-name).
+On GNU and Unix systems, directory names end in a slash `/'.
+To interactively change the default directory, use command `cd'. */);
 
   DEFVAR_PER_BUFFER ("auto-fill-function", &BVAR (current_buffer, auto_fill_function),
 		     Qnil,