Re: miniaturising the file name displayed.

[Kevin Rodgers]

Abi wrote:
> In emasc, when I type C-x C-f, the file name completion displays the
> entire path of the directory. Instead I'd like to customize it so that
> it shows only relative to my home directory. how do i do this in
> emacs?

,----[ C-h v abbreviated-home-dir RET ]
| abbreviated-home-dir's value is
| "^/home/kevinr\\(/\\|$\\)"
|
| Documentation:
| The user's homedir abbreviated according to `directory-abbrev-alist'.
|
| Defined in `files'.
`----

So when I'm visiting a file under /home/kevinr, C-x C-f displays this in
the minibuffer:

Find file: ~/foo/bar/etc/

Is that what you want?

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Kevin Rodgers