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>>>>> "Kai" == Kai Großjohann <kai.grossjohann@gmx.net> writes:

  Kai> Phillip Lord <p.lord@russet.org.uk> writes:
  >> a) is there any way of getting emacs to ignore the CVS directory
  >>    all
  >> together. That way I could move up five empty directories with
  >> five tabs.

  Kai> Depending on your version of Emacs, C-h v
  Kai> completion-ignored-extensions RET might mention directories
  Kai> marked with trailing slashes.

  Kai> (add-to-list 'completion-ignored-extensions "CVS/")

It doesn't seem to make any difference to me. I've tried putting both
"CVS" and "CVS/" into the path, and it still fails. 

Phil