> From: Elias Mårtenson <lokedhs@gmail.com>
> Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2019 09:00:12 +0800
> Cc: Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>, emacs-devel <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
>
>  > From: Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
>  > Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2019 11:46:31 -0700
>  >
>  > I'll give it a whirl. Proposed patch attached.
>
>  >    When Emacs is started, it normally tries to load a Lisp program from
>  >  an @dfn{initialization file}, or @dfn{init file} for short.  This
>  > -file, if it exists, specifies how to initialize Emacs for you.  Emacs
>  > -looks for your init file using the filenames
>  > -@file{~/.config/emacs},. @file{~/.emacs}, @file{~/.config/emacs.el},
>  > -@file{~/.emacs.el}, @file{~/.config/emacs.d/init.el} or
>  > -@file{~/.emacs.d/init.el}; you can choose to use any one of these
>  > -names (@pxref{Find Init}).  Here, @file{~/} stands for your home
>  > +file, if it exists, specifies how to initialize Emacs for you.
>  > +If the directory @file{@var{xdghome}/.config/emacs} exists, Emacs uses
>  > +@file{@var{xdghome}/.config/emacs/init.el} as the init file.  Here,
>  > +@var{xdghome} stands for the value of the environment variable
>  > +@env{XDG_CONFIG_HOME}, or for @file{~/.config} if
>  > +@env{XDG_CONFIG_HOME} is unset; @file{~/} stands for your home
>  >  directory.
>
> The above quote explains the meaning of the ~ symbol twice. Is that necessary, or is it the result of an
> incorrect copy and paste?

I admit that I don't see the duplication.  Can you point it out
explicitly?