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Add regexp-based version of completion-ignored-extensions

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Message #86 received at 16577 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: vmalloc <at> gmail.com, Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>,
 16577 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#16577: Add regexp-based version of
 completion-ignored-extensions
Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2022 14:17:07 +0100

Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

> There are several file name patterns I've wanted to ignore but couldn't
> because enumerating them all is somewhere between inconvenient
> and impossible (whereas a regexp would cover them easily).

I wonder whether it would be easier to add two new variables, but
perhaps that's excessive.

That is, completion-ignored-extensions as before, and
completion-ignored-files (a list of strings) and
completion-ignored-regexp (a regexp or a list of regexps).  The
advantage is that the semantics on all three variables would be pretty
self evident, and would require no special syntax anywhere.

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