From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#44983: Truncate long lines of grep output Date: Sun, 13 Dec 2020 17:11:41 +0200 Message-ID: <838sa1eo5u.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87h7p0f611.fsf@mail.linkov.net> <87a6uqafmk.fsf@mail.linkov.net> <87zh2q61n6.fsf@mail.linkov.net> <3620abd0-ce79-cc9d-3fb2-255e91f13da1@yandex.ru> <87mtyo3x1z.fsf@mail.linkov.net> <857088a6-fe90-d989-9115-2c159b2a02e6@yandex.ru> <87lfe6x1uf.fsf@mail.linkov.net> <87czzi2ju2.fsf@mail.linkov.net> <87bley7o4a.fsf@mail.linkov.net> Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="24534"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: 44983@debbugs.gnu.org, bugs@gnu.support, dgutov@yandex.ru To: Juri Linkov Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sun Dec 13 16:12:14 2020 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1koT2k-0006EZ-DH for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 13 Dec 2020 16:12:14 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:51916 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1koT2j-0005ba-DH for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 13 Dec 2020 10:12:13 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:33742) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1koT2b-0005bK-RI for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 13 Dec 2020 10:12:05 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:38373) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1koT2Y-0007Cw-V3 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 13 Dec 2020 10:12:05 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1koT2Y-00067E-QD for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 13 Dec 2020 10:12:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 13 Dec 2020 15:12:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 44983 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 44983-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B44983.160787231923492 (code B ref 44983); Sun, 13 Dec 2020 15:12:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 44983) by debbugs.gnu.org; 13 Dec 2020 15:11:59 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:49918 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1koT2V-00066q-KV for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 13 Dec 2020 10:11:59 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:40580) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1koT2U-00066d-6Y for 44983@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 13 Dec 2020 10:11:58 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:36333) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1koT2O-00077X-HT; Sun, 13 Dec 2020 10:11:52 -0500 Original-Received: from [176.228.60.248] (port=3168 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1koT2N-0007GO-W4; Sun, 13 Dec 2020 10:11:52 -0500 In-Reply-To: <87bley7o4a.fsf@mail.linkov.net> (message from Juri Linkov on Sat, 12 Dec 2020 22:42:13 +0200) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:195965 Archived-At: > From: Juri Linkov > Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2020 22:42:13 +0200 > Cc: 44983@debbugs.gnu.org, Dmitry Gutov > > > I do not find it problematic. Grep is anyway kind of advanced tool. I > > think that Emacs "Search for files (grep)" menu option is anyway not > > user friendly. > > ... > > What would be more user friendly would be a form or wizard that would > > specify if all files are to be searched or recursively, and what would > > be the search term. That would degrade power of grep but it would be > > more user friendly to many people. > > > > In my opinion I believe that majority of users who ever clicked > > "Search Files (grep)" gave up after few attempts. > > Indeed, "Search for files (grep)" menu option is not user friendly. In what way is it not user-friendly? It just invokes "M-x grep".