Re: should `minibuffer-complete' use `abbreviate-file-name'?

[Juanma Barranquero]

On 10/13/07, Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> wrote:

> This is definitely not the way directory-abbrev-alist was intended to be
> used.  `directory-abbrev-alist' should turn a valid filename into another
> valid filename, the difference between the two being mostly cosmetic.

FWIW, I use directory-abbrev-alist in my .emacs to show in the
modeline aliases (which are not directories, but shorter arbitrary
names) of the directory of the visited files.

             Juanma