# HG changeset patch
# User Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
# Date 1132196063 0
# Node ID 2ce8310aed569202f27c9a19fe95eda1ad451be0
# Parent  e4b45b2f12d762387d94fe71752f3ecd73f06693
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diff -r e4b45b2f12d7 -r 2ce8310aed56 etc/NEWS
--- a/etc/NEWS	Wed Nov 16 22:44:53 2005 +0000
+++ b/etc/NEWS	Thu Nov 17 02:54:23 2005 +0000
@@ -673,6 +673,10 @@
 ** Minibuffer changes:
 
 +++
+*** The new file-name-shadow-mode is turned ON by default, so that when
+entering a file name, any prefix which Emacs will ignore is dimmed.
+
++++
 *** There's a new face `minibuffer-prompt'.
 Emacs adds this face to the list of text properties stored in the
 variable `minibuffer-prompt-properties', which is used to display the
diff -r e4b45b2f12d7 -r 2ce8310aed56 man/mini.texi
--- a/man/mini.texi	Wed Nov 16 22:44:53 2005 +0000
+++ b/man/mini.texi	Thu Nov 17 02:54:23 2005 +0000
@@ -109,6 +109,9 @@
 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