From 44829d968b130e5f3230d741c11e2ba50a4e2ac0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eli Zaretskii Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2001 12:14:11 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] (Completion Options): Document the significance of a trailing slash in elements of completion-ignored-extensions. --- man/mini.texi | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/man/mini.texi b/man/mini.texi index 3f4487b834f..556a8f73288 100644 --- a/man/mini.texi +++ b/man/mini.texi @@ -363,6 +363,14 @@ However, if @emph{all} the possible completions end in ``ignored'' strings, then they are not ignored. Ignored extensions do not apply to lists of completions---those always mention all possible completions. + If an element of the list in @code{completion-ignored-extensions} ends +in a slash @file{/}, it indicates a subdirectory that should be ignored +when completing file names. (Elements of +@code{completion-ignored-extensions} which do not end in a slash are +never considered when a completion candidate is a directory; thus, +completion returns directories whose names end in @file{.elc} even +though there's an element @code{".elc"} in the list.) + @vindex completion-auto-help Normally, a completion command that cannot determine even one additional character automatically displays a list of all possible -- 2.39.2