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I have my ido-ignore-directories set to the standard value:
("\\`CVS/" "\\`\\.\\./" "\\`\\./")
The third regexp, "\`\./" should ignore the current directory, as near as I can tell. However, it doesn't:
Find file read only: ~/{. | Desktop/ | Documents/ | ...}
If it matters, I have C-x C-f bound to ido-find-file-read-only. This is with emacs 24.3.1. How do I fix it?
Drew's comment inspired me to look closer at ido's settings. Turns out there's an ido-show-dot-for-dired setting that will always put . as the first element in the completion list so you can quickly do a dired on the directory. I, unbeknownst to me, had that set to t instead of nil. This is what I get for starting with someone else's .emacs file.
., not./, whereas it showsDesktop/. Whether that is just inconsistent output on the part of Ido, or whether you need to explicitly match.in addition to./, I don't know. You are currently matching explicitly against the/, and the candidate shown by Ido is.- no slash.