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(Minibuffer File): Fix markup in last change. Refer to elsewhere in the manual

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instead of describing yet again the intricacies of $HOME on MS-Windows and MS-DOS.
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@ -89,25 +89,33 @@ Find File: /u2/emacs/src//etc/termcap
@findex file-name-shadow-mode
Emacs interprets a double slash as ``ignore everything before the
second slash in the pair.'' In the example above,
@samp{/u2/emacs/src/} is ignored, so the argument you supplied is
@file{/u2/emacs/src/} is ignored, so the argument you supplied is
@file{/etc/termcap}. The ignored part of the file name is dimmed if
the terminal allows it (to disable this dimming, turn off File Name
Shadow mode with the command @kbd{M-x file-name-shadow-mode}.)
@cindex home directory shorthand
Emacs interprets @samp{~/} as your home directory. Thus,
@samp{~/foo/bar.txt} specifies a file named @samp{bar.txt}, inside a
directory named @samp{foo}, which is in turn located in your home
Emacs interprets @file{~/} as your home directory. Thus,
@file{~/foo/bar.txt} specifies a file named @file{bar.txt}, inside a
directory named @file{foo}, which is in turn located in your home
directory. In addition, @file{~@var{user-id}/} means the home
directory of a user whose login name is @code{user-id}. Any leading
directory name in front of the @samp{~} is ignored: thus,
@samp{/u2/emacs/~/foo/bar.txt} is equivalent to @samp{~/foo/bar.txt}.
directory of a user whose login name is @var{user-id}. Any leading
directory name in front of the @file{~} is ignored: thus,
@file{/u2/emacs/~/foo/bar.txt} is equivalent to @file{~/foo/bar.txt}.
On MS-Windows and MS-DOS systems, where a user doesn't have a home
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.
On MS-Windows and MS-DOS systems, where a user doesn't always have a
home directory, Emacs uses several alternatives. For MS-Windows, see
@ref{Windows HOME}; for MS-DOS, see
@ifnottex
@ref{MS-DOS File Names, HOME on MS-DOS}.
@end ifnottex
@iftex
@ref{MS-DOS File Names, HOME on MS-DOS,, emacs, the Emacs Manual}, in
the main Emacs manual.
@end iftex
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.
@vindex insert-default-directory
To prevent Emacs from inserting the default directory when reading