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Add regexp-based version of completion-ignored-extensions

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Message #89 received at 16577 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
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 08:56:51 -0500

> 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.

[ Not sure I'd bother with the non-regexp variable (other than having to
  use \\. to match a dot, a regexp should work just as well).  ]

This is the best way long term, yes.  We could mark
`completion-ignored-extensions` as obsolete and in a few years we're
back with a clean semantics and a simple variable.


        Stefan

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