From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: CVS directories in completion-ignored-extensions Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 20:34:07 -0500 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <20031231013407.GC19084@fencepost> References: <1892-Tue30Dec2003100155+0200-eliz@elta.co.il> <87n099j2fb.fsf@offby1.atm01.sea.blarg.net> <200312310108.hBV18Xj28227@raven.dms.auburn.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1072834857 7521 80.91.224.253 (31 Dec 2003 01:40:57 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2003 01:40:57 +0000 (UTC) Cc: offby1@blarg.net, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Wed Dec 31 02:40:54 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AbVLy-0002uq-00 for ; Wed, 31 Dec 2003 02:40:54 +0100 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AbVLx-0005vV-00 for ; Wed, 31 Dec 2003 02:40:54 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AbWHO-0000CE-B5 for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Tue, 30 Dec 2003 21:40:14 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1AbWH4-0000Aq-3P for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 30 Dec 2003 21:39:54 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1AbWGV-000829-05 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 30 Dec 2003 21:39:50 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.164] (helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AbWGU-000821-NV for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 30 Dec 2003 21:39:18 -0500 Original-Received: from miles by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.24) id 1AbVFP-00057q-BN; Tue, 30 Dec 2003 20:34:07 -0500 Original-To: Luc Teirlinck Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200312310108.hBV18Xj28227@raven.dms.auburn.edu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i Blat: Foop X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:18922 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:18922 On Tue, Dec 30, 2003 at 07:08:33PM -0600, Luc Teirlinck wrote: > In that case, why not keep it simple and just > remove "CVS/" from `completion-ignored-extensions'? Trying to exclude > a three letter name from completion does not seem to be worth any trouble. Because then it would Very Annoying -- CVS subdirs are _very common_, and interfere with some comon filenames (notably, ChangeLog). Directory/filenames _ending_ in CVS, on the other hand, seem quite rare. So sure, without a better mechanism, there will be some annoying side-effects in completion, but let's program for the common case, and _keep_ CVS in completion-ignored-extensions. -Miles -- Somebody has to do something, and it's just incredibly pathetic that it has to be us. -- Jerry Garcia