changeset 66991:83e12e37521d

(Minibuffer File): Clarify previous change. Add @findex.
author Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
date Fri, 18 Nov 2005 17:04:22 +0000
parents 7b94c70f4e78
children 8d812f26b1fc
files man/mini.texi
diffstat 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/man/mini.texi	Fri Nov 18 16:55:54 2005 +0000
+++ b/man/mini.texi	Fri Nov 18 17:04:22 2005 +0000
@@ -105,12 +105,13 @@
 @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}.
-By default the ignored part of the file name is made dim if the
-terminal allows it.  This is affected by the
+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