-# mpd files
-mpd/*/*/database
-mpd/*/*/log
-mpd/*/*/pid
-mpd/*/*/state
-mpd/*/*/sticker.sql
-
-# ranger files
-ranger/*/*/history
-ranger/*/*/bookmarks
-ranger/*/*/tagged
-
-# ncmpcpp
-ncmpcpp/*/error.log
+*.elc
+
+/var/*
+/var/eshell/history
+
+!/var/eshell
+!/var/eshell/alias
+
+!/var/abbrev.el
+
+!/lisp/bbdb/bbdb-autoloads.el