Re: tab completion problem in find-file?

[sen_ml]

From: Dave Love <d.love@dl.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: tab completion problem in find-file?
Date: 21 Feb 2001 22:36:38 +0000

> >>>>> "sm" == sen ml <sen_ml@eccosys.com> writes:
> 
>  sm> My minibuffer contains:
> 
>  sm>   Find file: ~/a.log.old
> 
>  sm> shouldn't that be:
> 
>  sm>   Find file : ~/a.log
> 
>  sm> ?
> 
> See variable `completion-ignored-extensions'.

Thanks!  My goof.

I looked at the documentation for `minibuffer-complete' and didn't
notice any mention of `completion-ignored-extensions'.

I see now that the ELISP reference manual briefly covers the variable.
I suppose I should have looked deeper ;-)