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>>>>> "Robert" == Robert Epprecht writes:
Robert> Phillip Lord writes:
>> 1) C-xC-f to open a file
>>
>> 2) Move to a directory containing two sub-dirs, one of which is
>> CVS/
>>
>> 3) Hit "tab".
>>
>> 4) I get *Completions* with "CVS/" offered as one of the
>> options. What
>> I want is for it to ignore CVS, and offer me the other directory.
>>
>> Is this what you have?
Robert> GNU Emacs 21.2: Yes, same here.
Robert> But: C-h v completion-ignored-extensions RET also says:
Robert> | Documentation: | *Completion ignores filenames ending in
Robert> any string in this list. | This variable does not affect
Robert> lists of possible completions, | but does affect the
Robert> commands that actually do completions.
Robert> hmm, maybe I'm a bit dense, but I do not fully understand...
Robert> Any way it *does not* affect the presented list of
Robert> completions like the documentation says...
Yeah, I know. I'm just not sure what it means by "does affect the
commands that actually do completions". If I change into a directory
with only a single sub dir, for instance, TAB will automatically
complete this directory, which is what I want to happen!
Phil