- * <envar>HOME</envar> environment variable if it is set to an existing
- * absolute path name, falling back to the <filename>passwd</filename>
- * file in the case that it is unset.
- *
- * If the path given in <envar>HOME</envar> is non-absolute, does not
- * exist, or is not a directory, the result is undefined.
- *
- * <note><para>
- * Before version 2.36 this function would ignore the
- * <envar>HOME</envar> environment variable, taking the value from the
- * <filename>passwd</filename> database instead. This was changed to
- * increase the compatibility of GLib with other programs (and the XDG
- * basedir specification) and to increase testability of programs
- * based on GLib (by making it easier to run them from test
- * frameworks).
- * </para><para>
- * If your program has a strong requirement for either the new or the
- * old behaviour (and if you don't wish to increase your GLib
- * dependency to ensure that the new behaviour is in effect) then you
- * should either directly check the <envar>HOME</envar> environment
- * variable yourself or unset it before calling any functions in GLib.
- * </para></note>
+ * `HOME` environment variable if it is set to an existing absolute path
+ * name, falling back to the `passwd` file in the case that it is unset.
+ *
+ * If the path given in `HOME` is non-absolute, does not exist, or is
+ * not a directory, the result is undefined.
+ *
+ * Before version 2.36 this function would ignore the `HOME` environment
+ * variable, taking the value from the `passwd` database instead. This was
+ * changed to increase the compatibility of GLib with other programs (and
+ * the XDG basedir specification) and to increase testability of programs
+ * based on GLib (by making it easier to run them from test frameworks).
+ *
+ * If your program has a strong requirement for either the new or the
+ * old behaviour (and if you don't wish to increase your GLib
+ * dependency to ensure that the new behaviour is in effect) then you
+ * should either directly check the `HOME` environment variable yourself
+ * or unset it before calling any functions in GLib.