@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