From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Q on read-file-name and completion-ignored-extensions Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 13:59:00 -0500 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1137704822 13428 80.91.229.2 (19 Jan 2006 21:07:02 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 21:07:02 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Emacs-Devel Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jan 19 22:06:58 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EzgzP-0002qw-D9 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 19 Jan 2006 22:06:40 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Ezh1r-0004yZ-Be for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 19 Jan 2006 16:09:11 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Ezf32-00082v-3s for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 19 Jan 2006 14:02:16 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Ezf2z-00080e-3y for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 19 Jan 2006 14:02:15 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Ezf2y-00080Z-Ui for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 19 Jan 2006 14:02:12 -0500 Original-Received: from [132.204.24.67] (helo=mercure.iro.umontreal.ca) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1Ezf73-0002Et-SY for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 19 Jan 2006 14:06:25 -0500 Original-Received: from hidalgo.iro.umontreal.ca (hidalgo.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.27.50]) by mercure.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 077102CF755; Thu, 19 Jan 2006 13:59:14 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: from asado.iro.umontreal.ca (asado.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.24.84]) by hidalgo.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id AACF64AC015; Thu, 19 Jan 2006 13:59:00 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: by asado.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 8D905E6C1C; Thu, 19 Jan 2006 13:59:00 -0500 (EST) Original-To: "Drew Adams" In-Reply-To: (Drew Adams's message of "Wed, 18 Jan 2006 17:45:28 -0800") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-DIRO-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-DIRO-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-DIRO-MailScanner-SpamCheck: n'est pas un polluriel, SpamAssassin (score=-3.516, requis 5, AWL -1.29, BAYES_00 -4.90, SUBJ_HAS_UNIQ_ID 2.68) X-MailScanner-From: monnier@iro.umontreal.ca X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:49272 Archived-At: > This variable does not affect lists of possible completions, > but does affect the commands that actually do completions. > Here, you're parroting what I said in my first post, where I quoted the same > doc string. That doc string contradicts the `read-file-name' behavior, at > least by my reading of it. You say "it works", but by my reading it doesn't > work, as I pointed out: `minibuffer-complete' is a "command that actually > does completion", but it does not respect this variable when you use it in > the context of `read-file-name'. minibuffer-complete doesn't only do completion. It also lists possible completions. When it does completion it does take completion-ignored-extensions into account. When it lists completions it doesn't. Just like the docstring says. Stefan