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authorEli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>2001-10-13 12:32:59 +0000
committerEli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>2001-10-13 12:32:59 +0000
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(File Name Completion): Document the significance of
a trailing slash in elements of completion-ignored-extensions.
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@@ -1995,6 +1995,11 @@ completion-ignored-extensions
@result{} (".o" ".elc" "~" ".dvi")
@end group
@end example
+
+If an element of @code{completion-ignored-extensions} ends in a slash
+@samp{/}, it signals a directory. The elements which do @emph{not} end
+in a slash will never match a directory; thus, the above value will not
+filter out a directory named @file{foo.elc}.
@end defopt
@node Standard File Names