Re: bug with file name completing

[Werner LEMBERG <wl@gnu.org>]

> > Create an empty directory `foo' in the current directory, then put
> > two empty files `bar.ps' and `bar.pdf' into it.  If using, say,
> > `insert-file', completing in the minibuffer doesn't work as
> > expected.  Pressing `foo/', then <TAB>, Emacs incorrectly
> > completes to `foo/bar.ps' while it should be `foo/bar.p' only, and
> > repeated pressing of <TAB> should offer a menu with both `bar.ps'
> > and `bar.pdf' as possible completions.
> 
> completion-ignored-extensions is a variable defined in `C source code'.
> Its value is 
> (".svn/" "CVS/" ".o" "~" ".bin" ".lbin" ".so" ".a" ".ln" ".blg" ".bbl" ".elc" ".lof" ".glo" ".idx" ".lot" ".dvi" ".fmt" ".tfm" ".pdf" ".class" ".fas" ".lib" ".mem" ".x86f" ".sparcf" ".fasl" ".ufsl" ".fsl" ".dxl" ".pfsl" ".dfsl" ".lo" ".la" ".gmo" ".mo" ".toc" ".aux" ".cp" ".fn" ".ky" ".pg" ".tp" ".vr" ".cps" ".fns" ".kys" ".pgs" ".tps" ".vrs" ".pyc" ".pyo")

Thanks, I wasn't aware of it.


    Werner