From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2001 12:09:26 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Document the significance of the trailing slash in elements of
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Document the significance of the trailing slash in elements of
completion-ignored-extensions.
---

diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index b00cf122f7f..a6d73ad44de 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -26,6 +26,13 @@ much pure storage it will approximately need.
 `${foo}' in the specified new value of the environment variable.  To
 include a `$' in the value, use `$$'.
 
+** File-name completion can now ignore directories.
+If an element of the list in `completion-ignored-extensions' ends in a
+slash `/', it indicates a subdirectory that should be ignored when
+completing file names.  Elements of `completion-ignored-extensions'
+which do not end in a slash are never considered when a completion
+candidate is a directory.
+
 ** New user option `inhibit-startup-buffer-menu'.
 When loading many files, for instance with `emacs *', Emacs normally
 displays a buffer menu.  This option turns the buffer menu off.