Re: tab-completion problem.

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From: G Annamalai <gannam@india.dharma.com>
Subject: tab-completion problem.
Date: 02 Mar 2001 14:35:04 +0530

> I have two files in a directory of name "qgt.log" and
> "query.txt".  When I type in "q" and press tab for
> tab completion, the file is getting completed to
> "query.txt".  It doesn't give the choice of selecting
> between the files.  If I type "qg" and type tab then
> it is getting completed to "qgt.log".
> 
> Is this a problem?

I asked a very similar question recently.  The short version is that
it is probably not a problem.

See the variable `completion-ignored-extensions' for details.  This
variable is also documented in the Emacs LISP Reference Manual and
the Emacs Manual (I view these via M-x info).