--- a/src/Doc/System/Basics.thy Mon Jan 06 17:47:44 2014 +0100
+++ b/src/Doc/System/Basics.thy Mon Jan 06 19:42:52 2014 +0100
@@ -101,14 +101,10 @@
before --- usually to something like @{verbatim
"$USER_HOME/.isabelle/IsabelleXXXX"}.
- Thus individual users may override the site-wide defaults. See also
- file @{file "$ISABELLE_HOME/etc/user-settings.sample"} in the
- distribution. Typically, a user settings file would contain only a
- few lines, just the assigments that are really changed. One should
- definitely \emph{not} start with a full copy the basic @{file
- "$ISABELLE_HOME/etc/settings"}. This could cause very annoying
- maintainance problems later, when the Isabelle installation is
- updated or changed otherwise.
+ Thus individual users may override the site-wide defaults.
+ Typically, a user settings file contains only a few lines, with some
+ assignments that are actually changed. Never copy the central
+ @{file "$ISABELLE_HOME/etc/settings"} file!
\end{enumerate}