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On Sun, 7 Jul 2002, Karl Eichwalder wrote:

> > Files produced by msgfmt are not junk, they can be copied, renamed,
> > and even edited if necessary.
> 
> These files are binary files.

IMHO, being binary files is not a reason good enough to be added to that 
list.

> You don't want to edit them

That's for the user to decide; there's "M-x hexl-find-file".

> when I view
> a directory with po files using dired, I don't want to see the .mo
> files.

Then you can add them as your local customizations.

> Concerning copying and renaming: That's valid for other files, too
> (.dvi, .pdf, .log, .aux, .elc).

No.