From d2d5e548244b598d5908ad24640aa7c676ece044 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eli Zaretskii Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2018 22:30:03 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Mention remote file name completion in Emacs manual * doc/emacs/mini.texi (Minibuffer File): Describe the behavior of "//" with remote file names. (Bug#29149) --- doc/emacs/mini.texi | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/emacs/mini.texi b/doc/emacs/mini.texi index fcd229d817c..35cffc1db92 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/mini.texi +++ b/doc/emacs/mini.texi @@ -119,6 +119,12 @@ second slash in the pair. In the example above, the terminal allows it. (To disable this dimming, turn off File Name Shadow mode with the command @kbd{M-x file-name-shadow-mode}.) + When completing remote file names (@pxref{Remote Files}), a double +slash behaves slightly differently: it causes Emacs to ignore only the +file-name part, leaving the rest (method, host and username, etc.) +intact. Typing three slashes in a row ignores everything in remote +file names. @xref{File name completion,,, tramp, The Tramp Manual}. + @cindex home directory shorthand Emacs interprets @file{~/} as your home directory. Thus, @file{~/foo/bar.txt} specifies a file named @file{bar.txt}, inside a -- 2.11.4.GIT