svn commit: r1757289 - /httpd/httpd/trunk/docs/manual/mod/mod_rewrite.xml

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Author: covener
Date: Tue Aug 23 00:15:44 2016
New Revision: 1757289

URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=1757289&view=rev
Log:

more PR60024 feedback re: consistent terminology.


Modified:
    httpd/httpd/trunk/docs/manual/mod/mod_rewrite.xml

Modified: httpd/httpd/trunk/docs/manual/mod/mod_rewrite.xml
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/httpd/httpd/trunk/docs/manual/mod/mod_rewrite.xml?rev=1757289&r1=1757288&r2=1757289&view=diff
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--- httpd/httpd/trunk/docs/manual/mod/mod_rewrite.xml (original)
+++ httpd/httpd/trunk/docs/manual/mod/mod_rewrite.xml Tue Aug 23 00:15:44 2016
@@ -1057,18 +1057,17 @@ RewriteRule  "^/$"                 "/hom
       URL after the hostname and port, and before the query string (e.g. "/app1/index.html").
       This is the (%-decoded) <a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">URL-path</a>.</p></li>
 
-      <li><p>In <directive module="core">Directory</directive> and htaccess context,
+      <li><p>In per-directory context (<directive module="core">Directory</directive> and .htaccess),
       the <em>Pattern</em> is matched against only a partial path, for example a request
       of "/app1/index.html" may result in comparison against "app1/index.html" 
       or "index.html" depending on where the <directive>RewriteRule</directive> is 
       defined.</p>
 
-      <p>In this context, only the trailing portion of the currently mapped
-      filesystem is compared against. The directory path where the rule is defined
-      is stripped before comparison (up to and including a trailing slash). 
+      <p>The directory path where the rule is defined is stripped from the currently mapped
+      filesystem path before comparison (up to and including a trailing slash). 
       The net result of this per-directory prefix stripping is that rules in
-      this context only match against the portion of the currently mapped path 
-      "below" where they are defined.</p>
+      this context only match against the portion of the currently mapped filesystem path 
+      "below" where the rule is defined.</p>
 
       <p>Directives such as <directive
       >DocumentRoot</directive> and <directive>Alias</directive>, or even the