Juri Linkov wrote:
>>>> In your case I myself see nothing that can help then ;-) but I think
>>>> newbees would benefit from having all the search and replace commands
>>>> under search and replace in the edit menu.
>>>>         
>>> I can't believe we still don't have these useful commands in the menu.
>>> But why do you think they should be placed in the Edit menu?
>>>       
>> That is where the search and replace commands normally are. Why do you
>> doubt they should be there?
>>     
>
> The `Grep' menu entry is traditionally in the Tools menu because it reads
> an external command like `Compile' and `Shell Command' do.  So perhaps we
> should add `rgrep' and `lgrep' to the Tools menu.
>
> A less controversial change is to add `rgrep' and `lgrep' to the
> grep mode menu:
>
> Index: lisp/progmodes/grep.el
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /sources/emacs/emacs/lisp/progmodes/grep.el,v
> retrieving revision 1.98
> diff -u -r1.98 grep.el
> --- lisp/progmodes/grep.el	5 Jan 2009 03:23:37 -0000	1.98
> +++ lisp/progmodes/grep.el	16 Jan 2009 00:27:48 -0000
> @@ -204,12 +204,18 @@
>      (define-key map [menu-bar grep compilation-compile]
>        '(menu-item "Compile..." compile
>  		  :help "Compile the program including the current buffer.  Default: run `make'"))
> +    (define-key map [menu-bar grep compilation-lgrep]
> +      '(menu-item "Local grep..." lgrep
> +		  :help "User-friendly grep"))
> +    (define-key map [menu-bar grep compilation-rgrep]
> +      '(menu-item "Recursive grep..." rgrep
> +		  :help "User-friendly recursive grep in directory tree"))
> +    (define-key map [menu-bar grep compilation-grep-find]
> +      '(menu-item "Grep via Find..." grep-find
> +		  :help "Run grep via find, with user-specified args"))
>      (define-key map [menu-bar grep compilation-grep]
>        '(menu-item "Another grep..." grep
>  		  :help "Run grep, with user-specified args, and collect output in a buffer."))
> -    (define-key map [menu-bar grep compilation-grep-find]
> -      '(menu-item "Recursive grep..." grep-find
> -		  :help "Run grep via find, with user-specified args"))
>      (define-key map [menu-bar grep compilation-recompile]
>        '(menu-item "Repeat grep" recompile
>  		  :help "Run grep again"))
>
>   
I think many emacs users discovery useful command from the menu instead 
of  searching the release notes.
I suggest to add rgrep,lgrep,grep-find to menu.