Re: find-file completion tweak

[Bernardo Bacic]

(file-name-shadow-mode 1) does something similar

it was a dark and stormy night when Eric Roode said,
> Once upon a time, I could have sworn that find-file completion had a feature 
> whereby if the first character you typed was a / or a ~, the entire default 
> directory was erased and replaced with the / or ~.  This was terribly convenient.
>
> Right now, if you want to open an absolute file name (or one relative to your 
> home directory), you have to hit C-a C-k after you type C-x C-f and before you 
> type / or ~.  Annoying.
>
> Did I dream this feature?  Did it go away?  How can I make find-file behave this 
> way again?
>
> Thanks,
> Eric