Re: file extensions for gettext/msgfmt

[Miles Bader]

Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> writes:
> > These files are binary files.
> 
> IMHO, being binary files is not a reason good enough to be added to that 
> list.

It's sometimes desirable to edit binary files, but it's certainly
annoying to have them interfere with completion.  I think it's a
judgement call that should be made by someone experienced with that sort
of file (who that is, I don't know).

> > You don't want to edit them
> 
> That's for the user to decide; there's "M-x hexl-find-file".

But emacs ought to provide good defaults.

`hexl-find-file' is a special case, and probably ought to override
completion-ignored-extensions if it can, because it's typically used for
editing files you normally don't want to edit.

-Miles
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