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Document the significance of the trailing slash in elements of completion-ignored-extensions.
author Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
date Sat, 13 Oct 2001 12:09:26 +0000
parents 10b9480202e8
children 9c1b9334eb73
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23 much pure storage it will approximately need. 23 much pure storage it will approximately need.
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25 ** M-x setenv now expands environment variables of the form `$foo' and 25 ** M-x setenv now expands environment variables of the form `$foo' and
26 `${foo}' in the specified new value of the environment variable. To 26 `${foo}' in the specified new value of the environment variable. To
27 include a `$' in the value, use `$$'. 27 include a `$' in the value, use `$$'.
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29 ** File-name completion can now ignore directories.
30 If an element of the list in `completion-ignored-extensions' ends in a
31 slash `/', it indicates a subdirectory that should be ignored when
32 completing file names. Elements of `completion-ignored-extensions'
33 which do not end in a slash are never considered when a completion
34 candidate is a directory.
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29 ** New user option `inhibit-startup-buffer-menu'. 36 ** New user option `inhibit-startup-buffer-menu'.
30 When loading many files, for instance with `emacs *', Emacs normally 37 When loading many files, for instance with `emacs *', Emacs normally
31 displays a buffer menu. This option turns the buffer menu off. 38 displays a buffer menu. This option turns the buffer menu off.
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