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(Minibuffer File): Clarify previous change. Add @findex.

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@noindent
@cindex // in file name
@cindex double slash in file name
@cindex slashes repeated in file name
GNU Emacs gives a special meaning to a double slash (which is not
normally a useful thing to write): it means, ``ignore everything before
the second slash in the pair.''  Thus, @samp{/u2/emacs/src/} is ignored
in the example above, and you get the file @file{/etc/termcap}.
By default the ignored part of the file name is made dim if the
terminal allows it.  This is affected by the
@code{file-name-shadow-mode} minor mode.

  If you set @code{insert-default-directory} to @code{nil}, the default
directory is not inserted in the minibuffer.  This way, the minibuffer
starts out empty.  But the name you type, if relative, is still

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@noindent
@cindex // in file name
@cindex double slash in file name
@cindex slashes repeated in file name
@findex file-name-shadow-mode
GNU Emacs gives a special meaning to a double slash (which is not
normally a useful thing to write): it means, ``ignore everything
before the second slash in the pair.''  Thus, @samp{/u2/emacs/src/} is
ignored in the example above, and you get the file
@file{/etc/termcap}.  The ignored part of the file name is dimmed if
the terminal allows it; to disable this, turn off
@code{file-name-shadow-mode} minor mode.

  If you set @code{insert-default-directory} to @code{nil}, the default
directory is not inserted in the minibuffer.  This way, the minibuffer
starts out empty.  But the name you type, if relative, is still