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From: Kevin Rodgers <ihs_4664@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: completion-ignored-extensions: needed the vet to shoot emacs
Date: Wed, 12 May 2004 14:44:17 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <40A28CA1.9090202@yahoo.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 87sme6cv20.fsf@jidanni.org

Dan Jacobson wrote:

> Gentlemen, I wanted to turn completion-ignored-extensions off, but
> ;(setq completion-ignored-extensions nil); cause any dired to loop, emacs must be killed
> ;(setq completion-ignored-extensions '()); same
> ;(setq completion-ignored-extensions '("")); same, must use:
> (setq completion-ignored-extensions '(".bogus_junk_or_else_emacs_loops"))
> (and we had to call in the veterinarian to put emacs out of its misery).
> emacs-version "21.3.1". Do say in the docstring the proper way of
> turning it off.

Are you sure?  It works for me in Emacs 21.3.


Did you start emacs with the -q --no-site-file options?  What exactly did you type,
after setting completion-ignored-extensions to nil?  `C-x d RET', `C-x d ?', and
`C-x d TAB TAB' all seem to work.

-- 
Kevin Rodgers

  reply	other threads:[~2004-05-12 20:44 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-05-12  1:07 completion-ignored-extensions: needed the vet to shoot emacs Dan Jacobson
2004-05-12 20:44 ` Kevin Rodgers [this message]
2004-05-16 20:14   ` Dan Jacobson
2004-05-17 16:33     ` Kevin Rodgers

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