Mercurial > emacs
changeset 38310:926054175878
(Visiting, File Names): Mention that completion ignores some file names,
and add a cross-reference to Completion Options, where this is documented.
| author | Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> |
|---|---|
| date | Fri, 06 Jul 2001 11:00:50 +0000 |
| parents | 89afde91354f |
| children | b91b2fa6911d |
| files | man/files.texi |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/man/files.texi Fri Jul 06 10:31:11 2001 +0000 +++ b/man/files.texi Fri Jul 06 11:00:50 2001 +0000 @@ -47,7 +47,10 @@ file name. (Saving and reverting are exceptions; the buffer knows which file name to use for them.) You enter the file name using the minibuffer (@pxref{Minibuffer}). @dfn{Completion} is available, to make -it easier to specify long file names. @xref{Completion}. +it easier to specify long file names. @xref{Completion}. When +completing file names, Emacs ignores those whose file-name extensions +appear in the variable @code{completion-ignored-extensions}, see +@ref{Completion Options}. For most operations, there is a @dfn{default file name} which is used if you type just @key{RET} to enter an empty argument. Normally the @@ -193,7 +196,9 @@ The file name is read using the minibuffer (@pxref{Minibuffer}), with defaulting and completion in the standard manner (@pxref{File Names}). -While in the minibuffer, you can abort @kbd{C-x C-f} by typing @kbd{C-g}. +While in the minibuffer, you can abort @kbd{C-x C-f} by typing +@kbd{C-g}. File-name completion ignores certain filenames; for more +about this, see @ref{Completion Options}. @cindex file selection dialog When Emacs is built with a suitable GUI toolkit, it pops up the