master 9b70b1a: * doc/lispref/files.texi (File Name Components): Mention GNU "path" convention

[Stefan Monnier]

branch: master
commit 9b70b1aad9fb817f914d8643118c4d5b47a1378c
Author: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Commit: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>

    * doc/lispref/files.texi (File Name Components): Mention GNU "path" 
convention
---
 doc/lispref/files.texi | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/lispref/files.texi b/doc/lispref/files.texi
index 1e05153..59e18b3 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/files.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/files.texi
@@ -2083,6 +2083,9 @@ directory.  Therefore, Emacs considers a file name as 
having two main
 parts: the @dfn{directory name} part, and the @dfn{nondirectory} part
 (or @dfn{file name within the directory}).  Either part may be empty.
 Concatenating these two parts reproduces the original file name.
+@footnote{Emacs follows the GNU convention to use the term @emph{file name}
+instead of the term @emph{pathname}.  We use the term @emph{path} only for
+search paths, which are lists of directory names.}
 
   On most systems, the directory part is everything up to and including
 the last slash (backslash is also allowed in input on MS-DOS or