Hi, Tramp has an own implementation of substitute-in-file-name, which substitutes "//" and "/~" in the local filename part. In order to make it visible in the minibuffer, I'ld like to install the appended patch in the trunk. If you want to see it, type something like "/tmp//su::/etc//us " in the minibuffer, when opening a file. Any objections? Best regards, Michael.