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Mention remote file name completion in Emacs manual

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* doc/emacs/mini.texi (Minibuffer File): Describe the behavior of
"//" with remote file names.  (Bug#29149)
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Eli Zaretskii
2018-02-03 22:30:03 +02:00
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@@ -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