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* doc/emacs/mini.texi (Minibuffer File): Slightly elaborate.
(Completion Commands): Fix markup.
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@ -108,6 +108,12 @@ for information about the default directory.
Alternative defaults for the file name you may want are available by
typing @kbd{M-n}, see @ref{Minibuffer History}.
While typing a file name in the minibuffer, you can use completion to
insert the name of an existing file that matches your current input.
@xref{Completion}. You can sort the completion candidates in different
ways, including sorting by last modified time, by typing @kbd{C-x C-v}
in the minibuffer. @xref{Sort Completions}.
You can specify a file in the parent directory with @file{..}:
@file{/a/b/../foo.el} is equivalent to @file{/a/foo.el}.
Alternatively, you can use @kbd{M-@key{DEL}} to kill directory names
@ -135,7 +141,7 @@ 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 @w{@kbd{M-x file-name-shadow-mode}}.)
When completing remote file names (@pxref{Remote Files}), a double
When entering 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
@ -171,9 +177,6 @@ file names, change the variable @code{insert-default-directory} to
Nonetheless, relative file name arguments are still interpreted based
on the same default directory.
You can also enter remote file names in the minibuffer.
@xref{Remote Files}.
@node Minibuffer Edit
@section Editing in the Minibuffer
@ -455,7 +458,7 @@ minibuffer history, and no sorting at all. Some commands that use
minibuffer completion also provide additional sorting options that are
specifically useful with their completion candidates. For example,
during file name completion, as in @kbd{C-x C-f} (@pxref{Visiting}),
you can use @key{C-x C-v} to sort candidate file names chronologically
you can use @kbd{C-x C-v} to sort candidate file names chronologically
by their last modified time.
@kindex C-x n n @r{(completion)}