From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Phillip Lord Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: ignore CVS directories with tab complete Date: 18 Aug 2003 17:57:29 +0100 Organization: Dept of Computer Science, University of Manchester, U.K. Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <8465kwxlhk.fsf@slowfox.is.informatik.uni-duisburg.de> <84ekzjf8lw.fsf@slowfox.is.informatik.uni-duisburg.de> <84zni7cdjx.fsf@slowfox.is.informatik.uni-duisburg.de> <84brunt182.fsf@i3d.home> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1061227171 23418 80.91.224.253 (18 Aug 2003 17:19:31 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2003 17:19:31 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Aug 18 19:19:29 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19onfF-0005Qa-00 for ; Mon, 18 Aug 2003 19:19:29 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 19onbf-0005hL-9v for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 18 Aug 2003 13:15:47 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!nntp.theplanet.net!inewsm1.nntp.theplanet.net!newspeer.lavaseals.co.uk!zen.net.uk!130.88.203.18.MISMATCH!peernews.mcc.ac.uk!cs.man.ac.uk!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 36 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: rpc71.cs.man.ac.uk Original-X-Trace: wapping.cs.man.ac.uk 1061225849 19775 130.88.198.228 (18 Aug 2003 16:57:29 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: news@wapping.cs.man.ac.uk Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2003 16:57:29 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2.93 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:115983 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:11901 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:11901 >>>>> "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