merlyn@iwarp.intel.com (Randal Schwartz) (08/30/89)
In article <8908281533.AA14144@nc.MIT.EDU>, premise!hugh%nc (Hugh Secker-Walker) writes: | ---------- 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" Nope. See (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. ================================================== Notice that ".log" is in the list. It's a documented feature... not a bug. Just another Elisp hacker, -- /== Randal L. Schwartz, Stonehenge Consulting Services (503)777-0095 ====\ | on contract to Intel, Hillsboro, Oregon, USA | | merlyn@iwarp.intel.com ...!uunet!iwarp.intel.com!merlyn | \== Cute Quote: "Welcome to Oregon... Home of the California Raisins!" ==/