From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 02:54:23 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: *** empty log message ***
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diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index c05395bc524..9df53f25ae0 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -672,6 +672,10 @@ modes do.
 
 ** 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
diff --git a/man/mini.texi b/man/mini.texi
index a76be23ba7d..20295e86071 100644
--- a/man/mini.texi
+++ b/man/mini.texi
@@ -109,6 +109,9 @@ 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