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@@ -780,6 +780,13 @@ matches. If it is set to `true' for at least one match which is the
same as the string on the line, this match will immediately be
accepted.
+When completing filenames (where it is looked up for the tt(files)
+tag), this style also accepts any number of patterns as the value. If
+this is used, pathnames matching one of these patterns will be
+accepted immediately even if the command line contains some more
+partially typed pathname components and these match no file under the
+directory accepted.
+
Note that this is also used by the tt(_expand) completer to decide if
words beginning with a tilde or parameter expansion should be
expanded. This means that if, for example, there are parameters
@@ -968,6 +975,17 @@ generated this way (e.g. due to the option tt(AUTO_MENU) being set),
this will also cycle through the names of the files in pathname
components after the first ambiguous one.
)
+kindex(fake, completion style)
+item(tt(fake))(
+Currently, this style is only used when completing files and lookup up
+with the tag tt(files). Its values are of the form
+`var(dir)tt(:)var(names...)'. This will add the var(names) as
+possible matches when completing in the directory var(dir), even if no
+such files really exist.
+
+This can be useful on systems that support special filesystems whose
+top-level pathnames can not be listed or generated with glob patterns.
+)
kindex(file-patterns, completion style)
item(tt(file-patterns))(
In most places where filenames are completed, the function tt(_files)