# HG changeset patch
# User Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
# Date 1002974966 0
# Node ID fba70cf81a87ddbf674c1fdc82b071fb6c691692
# Parent  d90eb1d4b881f4277cee19a9e16f4abea8b368a6
Document the significance of the trailing slash in elements of
completion-ignored-extensions.

diff -r d90eb1d4b881 -r fba70cf81a87 etc/NEWS
--- a/etc/NEWS	Sat Oct 13 11:57:52 2001 +0000
+++ b/etc/NEWS	Sat Oct 13 12:09:26 2001 +0000
@@ -26,6 +26,13 @@
 `${foo}' in the specified new value of the environment variable.  To
 include a `$' 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.