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authorEli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>2001-07-06 11:00:50 +0000
committerEli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>2001-07-06 11:00:50 +0000
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downloademacs-e29e7d20a516e501ff448823e5ac9b031d27a3f5.tar.gz
(Visiting, File Names): Mention that completion ignores some file names,
and add a cross-reference to Completion Options, where this is documented.
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1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/man/files.texi b/man/files.texi
index dd6f7a5fd55..12420b84b46 100644
--- a/man/files.texi
+++ b/man/files.texi
@@ -47,7 +47,10 @@ on file directories.
file name. (Saving and reverting are exceptions; the buffer knows which
file name to use for them.) You enter the file name using the
minibuffer (@pxref{Minibuffer}). @dfn{Completion} is available, to make
-it easier to specify long file names. @xref{Completion}.
+it easier to specify long file names. @xref{Completion}. When
+completing file names, Emacs ignores those whose file-name extensions
+appear in the variable @code{completion-ignored-extensions}, see
+@ref{Completion Options}.
For most operations, there is a @dfn{default file name} which is used
if you type just @key{RET} to enter an empty argument. Normally the
@@ -193,7 +196,9 @@ the command with the name of the file you wish to visit, terminated by a
The file name is read using the minibuffer (@pxref{Minibuffer}), with
defaulting and completion in the standard manner (@pxref{File Names}).
-While in the minibuffer, you can abort @kbd{C-x C-f} by typing @kbd{C-g}.
+While in the minibuffer, you can abort @kbd{C-x C-f} by typing
+@kbd{C-g}. File-name completion ignores certain filenames; for more
+about this, see @ref{Completion Options}.
@cindex file selection dialog
When Emacs is built with a suitable GUI toolkit, it pops up the