Re: tab completion ignores baz.log file contrary to documentation

[Stefan Monnier]

>>>>> "Jason" == Jason Rumney <jasonr@altavista.net> writes:
> Why is ".log" in `completion-ignored-extensions' by default?

Probably because TeX generates `.log' files that one rarely wants
to look at.  With the default setting of completion-ignored-extensions,
TAB will properly ignore all files generated by TeX (there's a whole
bunch more than just .log) and slect .tex for you (unless you used
dvips since `.ps' is not in completion-ignored-extensions by default).

> I often load log files into Emacs so I can use outline-mode,
> re-search-forward and generic-mode to make looking through them easier.

What kind of `.log' files are these ?


        Stefan