vimrc setting to ignore file types in netrw

Question

What is the setting used in .vimrc to make the netrw directory listing ignore/hide certain file types?

set wildignore=*.obj,*.exe only seems to work for tab completion.
Within netrw, you can ctrl-g to edit the hiding list, but that only lasts for that session.

Ichor

Answer 1

As per http://vimdoc.sourceforge.net/htmldoc/pi_netrw.html#g:netrw_list_hide, this should work:

let g:netrw_list_hide= '.*\.swp$'

Scirrhous

You missed the closing quote, but after fixing that, it works. Thanks! – Ichor

FYI adding more than one regex requires a comma inside the string. For example: g:netrw_list_hide= '.*\.swp$,.*\.pyc' – Rooftree

Thanks for the addition @brycepg! – Scirrhous

@BryceGuinta Saves my day....the help does not mention this, I don't know why!! (newcomer to lovely vim here) – Loreleilorelie

If you use NERDTree let NERDTreeIgnore = ['\.swp$'] – Fredericfrederica