From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lute Kamstra Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: Re: file completion Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 14:53:18 +0100 Message-ID: <878y5rl035.fsf@xs4all.nl> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1108391227 3424 80.91.229.2 (14 Feb 2005 14:27:07 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 14:27:07 +0000 (UTC) Cc: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Feb 14 15:27:07 2005 Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1D0hAM-0007nc-58 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 14 Feb 2005 15:25:34 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1D0hPu-0002T5-7N for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 14 Feb 2005 09:41:38 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1D0hGk-0005x6-Pq for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 14 Feb 2005 09:32:10 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1D0hGi-0005wq-L2 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 14 Feb 2005 09:32:09 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1D0hGM-0005Yb-VW for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 14 Feb 2005 09:31:46 -0500 Original-Received: from [194.109.24.25] (helo=smtp-vbr5.xs4all.nl) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1D0gf8-0004O0-Gw for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 14 Feb 2005 08:53:18 -0500 Original-Received: from pijl (a80-127-67-124.adsl.xs4all.nl [80.127.67.124]) by smtp-vbr5.xs4all.nl (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id j1EDrGWj051245; Mon, 14 Feb 2005 14:53:16 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from Lute.Kamstra@xs4all.nl) Original-Received: from lute by pijl with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1D0gf8-0005bc-00; Mon, 14 Feb 2005 14:53:18 +0100 Original-To: In-Reply-To: (vose@cs.utk.edu's message of "Mon, 14 Feb 2005 07:34:21 +0000") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) Original-Lines: 43 X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org X-MailScanner-To: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:10730 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.bugs:10730 writes: [...] > C-x C-f TAB does not show directory contents: > > vose@gandalf TCS $ ls -l > total 3496 > -rw-r--r-- 1 vose users 219223 Jan 18 11:09 Arnold.pdf > -rw-r--r-- 1 vose users 542076 Jan 18 11:09 Beyer_Meyer-Nieberg.pdf > -rw-r--r-- 1 vose users 179163 Jan 18 11:09 Blass_Mitavskiy.pdf > -rw-r--r-- 1 vose users 257691 Jan 18 11:10 Jaegerskuepper.pdf > -rw-r--r-- 1 vose users 190683 Jan 18 11:10 Jansen.pdf > -rw-r--r-- 1 vose users 169844 Jan 18 11:10 Kumar.pdf > -rw-r--r-- 1 vose users 254236 Jan 18 11:10 Li.pdf > -rw-r--r-- 1 vose users 461736 Jan 18 11:10 Mitavskiy_Rowe.pdf > -rw-r--r-- 1 vose users 269952 Jan 18 11:10 Poli.pdf > -rw-r--r-- 1 vose users 147531 Jan 18 11:10 Rowe_Vose_Wright.pdf > -rw-r--r-- 1 vose users 219319 Jan 18 11:10 Stephens.pdf > -rw-r--r-- 1 vose users 302869 Jan 18 11:10 Toussaint.pdf > -rw-r--r-- 1 vose users 272211 Jan 18 11:10 Whitley_Rowe.pdf > -rw-r--r-- 1 vose users 7814 Feb 14 06:51 invite > -rw-r--r-- 1 vose users 7783 Feb 11 14:49 invite~ > > Instead, TAB behaves as if the only file in the directory is "invite". > It is as if some mischevious devil is in emacs which says "no, I won't > allow files to be visible; only files which I happen to like today (if > any) will be shown"! ,----[ C-h v completion-ignored-extensions RET ] | completion-ignored-extensions's value is | ("CVS/" ".o" "~" ".bin" ".lbin" ".fasl" ".ufsl" ".a" ".ln" ".blg" ".bbl" ".elc" ".lof" ".glo" ".idx" ".lot" ".dvi" ".fmt" ".tfm" ".pdf" ".class" ".fas" ".lib" ".x86f" ".sparcf" ".lo" ".la" ".toc" ".log" ".aux" ".cp" ".fn" ".ky" ".pg" ".tp" ".vr" ".cps" ".fns" ".kys" ".pgs" ".tps" ".vrs" ".pyc" ".pyo") | | | Documentation: | *Completion ignores filenames ending in any string in this list. | This variable does not affect lists of possible completions, | but does affect the commands that actually do completions. | | You can customize this variable. `---- Lute.