# HG changeset patch
# User Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
# Date 1002976379 0
# Node ID 416c492df7c3831a7f68c516396891cd9d349e0c
# Parent  bee6bc3785cbf196caa18537eaf688999a34c720
(File Name Completion): Document the significance of
a trailing slash in elements of completion-ignored-extensions.

diff -r bee6bc3785cb -r 416c492df7c3 lispref/files.texi
--- a/lispref/files.texi	Sat Oct 13 12:21:36 2001 +0000
+++ b/lispref/files.texi	Sat Oct 13 12:32:59 2001 +0000
@@ -1995,6 +1995,11 @@
      @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