Variable: icomplete-tidy-shadowed-file-names

icomplete-tidy-shadowed-file-names is a customizable variable defined in icomplete.el.gz.

Value

nil

Documentation

If non-nil, automatically delete superfluous parts of file names.

For example, if the user types ~/ after a long path name, everything preceding the ~/ is discarded so the interactive selection process starts again from the user's $HOME.

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/icomplete.el.gz
(defcustom icomplete-tidy-shadowed-file-names nil
  "If non-nil, automatically delete superfluous parts of file names.
For example, if the user types ~/ after a long path name,
everything preceding the ~/ is discarded so the interactive
selection process starts again from the user's $HOME."
  :type 'boolean)