Improve wording for SMB support

* doc/misc/tramp.texi (External methods): Improve and modernize
wording for discussion of smbclient.  There is no longer any
need to mention the laundry list of old MS Windows implementations
of SMB and CIFS, nor to mention CIFS.  Also, give a URL for Samba.

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/doc/misc/tramp.texi b/doc/misc/tramp.texi
index 14cd7fc062e..7bf2e532e01 100644
--- a/doc/misc/tramp.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/tramp.texi
@@ -851,11 +851,9 @@ This method works only for unified file names, see @ref{Issues}.
 @cindex method smb
 @cindex smb method
 
-This is another non-native @value{tramp} method.  @command{smbclient}
-connects to any server supporting the SMB/CIFS protocol, such as MS Windows and
-Samba running on GNU/Linux.  Tests show this @value{tramp} method
-works with MS Windows NT, MS Windows 2000, MS Windows XP, MS Windows
-Vista, and MS Windows 7.
+This non-native @value{tramp} method connects via the Server Message
+Block (SMB) networking protocol to hosts running file servers that are
+typically based on @url{https://www.samba.org/,,Samba} or MS Windows.
 
 Using @command{smbclient} requires a few tweaks when working with
 @value{tramp}:
@@ -863,7 +861,7 @@ Using @command{smbclient} requires a few tweaks when working with
 The first directory in the localname must be a share name on the
 remote host.
 
-Since smb shares end in the @code{$} character, @value{tramp} must use
+Since SMB shares end in the @code{$} character, @value{tramp} must use
 @code{$$} when specifying those shares to avoid environment variable
 substitutions.
 
@@ -907,7 +905,7 @@ uses the anonymous user (without prompting for password).  This
 behavior is unlike other @value{tramp} methods, where local user name
 is substituted.
 
-@option{smb} method is unavailable if @value{emacsname} is run under a
+The @option{smb} method is unavailable if @value{emacsname} is run under a
 local user authentication context in MS Windows.  However such users
 can still access remote files using UNC file names instead of @value{tramp}: