Re: completion-ignored-extensions: needed the vet to shoot emacs

[Kevin Rodgers]

Dan Jacobson wrote:

> Gentlemen, I wanted to turn completion-ignored-extensions off, but
> ;(setq completion-ignored-extensions nil); cause any dired to loop, emacs must 
> be killed
> ;(setq completion-ignored-extensions '()); same
> ;(setq completion-ignored-extensions '("")); same, must use:
> (setq completion-ignored-extensions '(".bogus_junk_or_else_emacs_loops"))
> (and we had to call in the veterinarian to put emacs out of its misery).
> emacs-version "21.3.1". Do say in the docstring the proper way of
> turning it off.

Are you sure?  It works for me in Emacs 21.3.


Did you start emacs with the -q --no-site-file options?  What exactly did you 
type,
after setting completion-ignored-extensions to nil?  `C-x d RET', `C-x d ?', and
`C-x d TAB TAB' all seem to work.

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Kevin Rodgers