RE: Visiting files, <TAB> ; is there a way to restrict the choice of files?

RE: Visiting files, <TAB> ; is there a way to restrict the choice of files?

[Drew Adams]

> > You're probably thinking of "completion-ignored-extensions", but it
> > already comes with a default value that covers several 
> > kinds of systems.
> 
> Note that completion-ignored-extensions does not affect the list shown
> in *Completions*.  It only affects the actual completion.

FWIW, in Icicles:

* `completion-ignored-extensions' is respected for both completion and the
completion candidates shown in *Completions* (those two are always the same).

* You can toggle `completion-ignored-extensions' during completion by hitting
`C-.' in the minibuffer.

If in addition you use Kevin Ryde's library `completion-ignored-build.el', then
Icicles automatically takes advantage of that library's dynamic adjustment of
ignored extensions.

Remember too that you can write your own command that binds
`completion-ignored-extensions' and then reads a file name.

http://user42.tuxfamily.org/completion-ignored-build/index.html

http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/Icicles

HTH.