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diff --git a/docs/latex/wx/filename.tex b/docs/latex/wx/filename.tex
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--- a/docs/latex/wx/filename.tex
+++ b/docs/latex/wx/filename.tex
@@ -73,20 +73,23 @@ state and \helpref{IsOk}{wxfilenameisok} returns {\tt false} for it.
 File names can be case-sensitive or not, the function\rtfsp
 \helpref{IsCaseSensitive}{wxfilenameiscasesensitive} allows to determine this.
 
-The rules for determining if the file name is absolute or relative also depends
-on the file name format and the only portable way to answer to this question is
-to use \helpref{IsAbsolute}{wxfilenameisabsolute} method. To ensure that the
-filename is absolute you may use \helpref{MakeAbsolute}{wxfilenamemakeabsolute}.
-There is also an inverse function 
-\helpref{MakeRelativeTo}{wxfilenamemakerelativeto} which undoes what
-\helpref{Normalize(wxPATH\_NORM\_DOTS)}{wxfilenamenormalize} does.
+The rules for determining whether the file name is absolute or relative also
+depend on the file name format and the only portable way to answer this
+question is to use \helpref{IsAbsolute}{wxfilenameisabsolute} or\rtfsp
+\helpref{IsRelative}{wxfilenameisrelative} method. Note that on Windows, "X:"
+refers to the current working directory on drive X. Therefore, a wxFileName
+instance constructed from for example "X:dir/file.ext" treats the portion 
+beyond drive separator as being relative to that directory.
+
+To ensure that the filename is absolute, you may use\rtfsp
+\helpref{MakeAbsolute}{wxfilenamemakeabsolute}. There is also an inverse
+function \helpref{MakeRelativeTo}{wxfilenamemakerelativeto} which undoes
+what \helpref{Normalize(wxPATH\_NORM\_DOTS)}{wxfilenamenormalize} does.
 
 Other functions returning information about the file format provided by this
 class are \helpref{GetVolumeSeparator}{wxfilenamegetvolumeseparator},\rtfsp
 \helpref{IsPathSeparator}{wxfilenameispathseparator}.
 
-\helpref{IsRelative}{wxfilenameisrelative}
-
 
 \membersection{File name construction}\label{filenameconstruction}
 
@@ -95,11 +98,11 @@ TODO.
 
 \membersection{File tests}\label{filetests}
 
-Before doing the other tests you should use \helpref{IsOk}{wxfilenameisok} to
-verify that the filename is well defined. If it is, 
-\helpref{FileExists}{wxfilenamefileexists} can be used to test if a file with
-such name exists and \helpref{DirExists}{wxfilenamedirexists} - if a directory
-with this name exists.
+Before doing other tests, you should use \helpref{IsOk}{wxfilenameisok} to
+verify that the filename is well defined. If it is,\rtfsp
+\helpref{FileExists}{wxfilenamefileexists} can be used to test whether a file
+with such name exists and \helpref{DirExists}{wxfilenamedirexists} can be used
+to test for directory existence.
 
 File names should be compared using \helpref{SameAs}{wxfilenamesameas} method
 or \helpref{$==$}{wxfilenameoperatorequal}.
@@ -492,6 +495,17 @@ same as \helpref{GetPathSeparators}{wxfilenamegetpathseparators} except for VMS
 path format where $]$ is used at the end of the path part.
 
 
+\membersection{wxFileName::GetPathWithSep}\label{wxfilenamegetpathwithsep}
+
+\constfunc{wxString}{GetPathWithSep}{\param{wxPathFormat }{format = wxPATH\_NATIVE}}
+
+Returns the path with the trailing separator, useful for appending the name to
+the given path.
+
+This is the same as calling \helpref{GetPath}{wxfilenamegetpath}
+\texttt{(wxPATH\_GET\_VOLUME | wxPATH\_GET\_SEPARATOR, format)}.
+
+
 \membersection{wxFileName::GetShortPath}\label{wxfilenamegetshortpath}
 
 \constfunc{wxString}{GetShortPath}{\void}