hugh%nc.MIT.EDU@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Hugh Secker-Walker) (08/28/89)
M.I.T. Rm. 20C-014
Cambridge, MA 02139
August 25, 1989
Emacs was started using
% emacs -q
The following is the annotated (GNU Emacs Lisp Manual style) activity
in buffer *scratch*
(emacs-version)
==> "GNU Emacs 18.53.3 of Thu Mar 2 1989 on earfull (berkeley-unix)"
;; We get the same bug on another machine running 18.52.
(setq dir "/tmp")
==> "/tmp"
(list-directory dir)
==> nil
---------- Buffer: *Directory* ----------
Directory /tmp/
1989Aug23inctar
1989Aug24inctar
SUPDUP009745
lg.No=8.Nf=256.C=1.25e-11.R=4.75e9.a=2.86.lin
lg.No=8.Nf=256.C=1.25e-11.R=4.75e9.a=2.86.log
tlog
---------- Buffer: *Directory* ----------
(file-name-completion "lg" dir)
"lg.No=8.Nf=256.C=1.25e-11.R=4.75e9.a=2.86.lin"
The completion should have been
"lg.No=8.Nf=256.C=1.25e-11.R=4.75e9.a=2.86.l"
When our choasnet connection is working I can also be reached at
hugh%nc@mc.lcs.mit.edu
Thanks very much.
Hugh Secker-Walkerjv@mh.nl (Johan Vromans) (08/31/89)
In article <8908281533.AA14144@nc.MIT.EDU> premise!hugh%nc.MIT.EDU@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Hugh Secker-Walker) writes: > (file-name-completion "lg" dir) > "lg.No=8.Nf=256.C=1.25e-11.R=4.75e9.a=2.86.lin" > The completion should have been > "lg.No=8.Nf=256.C=1.25e-11.R=4.75e9.a=2.86.l" M-x describe-variable completion-ignored-extensions completion-ignored-extensions's value is (".o" ".elc" "~" ".bin" ".lbin" ".fasl" ".dvi" ".toc" ".log" ".aux" ".lof" ".blg" ".bbl" ".glo" ".idx" ".lot") Documentation: *Completion ignores filenames ending in any string in this list. Johan -- Johan Vromans jv@mh.nl via internet backbones Multihouse Automatisering bv uucp: ..!{mcvax,hp4nl}!mh.nl!jv Doesburgweg 7, 2803 PL Gouda, The Netherlands phone/fax: +31 1820 62944/62500 ------------------------ "Arms are made for hugging" -------------------------
hugh%nc.MIT.EDU@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Hugh Secker-Walker) (09/02/89)
Note: this is a copy of mail sent earlier when our connections to the
rest of the world were more flakey than usual.
M.I.T. Rm. 20C-014
Cambridge, MA 02139
August 25, 1989
Emacs was started using
% emacs -q
The following is the annotated (GNU Emacs Lisp Manual style) activity
in buffer *scratch*
(emacs-version)
==> "GNU Emacs 18.53.3 of Thu Mar 2 1989 on earfull (berkeley-unix)"
;; We get the same bug on another machine running 18.52.
(setq dir "/tmp")
==> "/tmp"
(list-directory dir)
==> nil
---------- Buffer: *Directory* ----------
Directory /tmp/
1989Aug23inctar
1989Aug24inctar
SUPDUP009745
lg.No=8.Nf=256.C=1.25e-11.R=4.75e9.a=2.86.lin
lg.No=8.Nf=256.C=1.25e-11.R=4.75e9.a=2.86.log
tlog
---------- Buffer: *Directory* ----------
(file-name-completion "lg" dir)
"lg.No=8.Nf=256.C=1.25e-11.R=4.75e9.a=2.86.lin"
The completion should have been
"lg.No=8.Nf=256.C=1.25e-11.R=4.75e9.a=2.86.l"
When our choasnet connection is working I can also be reached at
hugh%nc@mc.lcs.mit.edu
Thanks very much.
Hugh Secker-Walker