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As you all know when you hit C-x C-f and then TAB to auto-complete, an auto-completion window pops-up. But does anyone know how to get the list of files colored by type (eg. folder in blue, files in white or whatever) ? Like in the normal shell ?

Apparently it is possible to do it with Helm but I am not using helm myself (maybe I should try it though).

Thanks !

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  • C-x C-f TAB does not auto-complete with vanilla Emacs. If you are using a particular library or mode, such as auto-complete-mode, please say so as part of the problem description - e.g., provide a recipe. – Drew Jun 10 '16 at 13:08
  • +1 to trying Helm. Once you're used to it, you'll find it hard to use Emacs without it. – Tianxiang Xiong Jan 14 '17 at 19:45
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You can try this librairy: https://github.com/vjohansen/emacs-config/blob/master/site-lisp/color-file-completion.el

The biggest problem is that you lost completions-first-difference.

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