*** empty log message ***

etc/NEWS

@@ -672,6 +672,10 @@ modes do.
 ** Minibuffer changes:
++++
+*** The new file-name-shadow-mode is turned ON by default, so that when
+entering a file name, any prefix which Emacs will ignore is dimmed.
+
 +++
 *** There's a new face `minibuffer-prompt'.
 Emacs adds this face to the list of text properties stored in the

man/mini.texi

@@ -109,6 +109,9 @@ GNU Emacs gives a special meaning to a double slash (which is not
 normally a useful thing to write): it means, ``ignore everything before
 the second slash in the pair.''  Thus, @samp{/u2/emacs/src/} is ignored
 in the example above, and you get the file @file{/etc/termcap}.
+By default the ignored part of the file name is made dim if the
+terminal allows it.  This is affected by the
+@code{file-name-shadow-mode} minor mode.
 
   If you set @code{insert-default-directory} to @code{nil}, the default
 directory is not inserted in the minibuffer.  This way, the minibuffer