* bug#13693: M-x grep should do some basic parameter checking
@ 2013-02-12 5:49 jidanni
2013-02-12 17:52 ` Juri Linkov
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From: jidanni @ 2013-02-12 5:49 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 13693
Why doesn't M-x grep check that it has been given at least two
parameters, else it is bound to fail, as
$ grep
$ grep pattern
won't get far without some file arguments.
Yes
$ grep pattern pattern #wrong
will still pass as that would look the same as
$ grep pattern file
etc. but the check would be better than nothing.
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2013-02-12 5:49 bug#13693: M-x grep should do some basic parameter checking jidanni
@ 2013-02-12 17:52 ` Juri Linkov
2013-02-12 21:02 ` jidanni
2013-02-13 8:55 ` jidanni
2 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Juri Linkov @ 2013-02-12 17:52 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: jidanni; +Cc: 13693
> Why doesn't M-x grep check that it has been given at least
> two parameters
Why two? For example, for "git-grep pattern" just one is enough.
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* bug#13693: M-x grep should do some basic parameter checking
2013-02-12 5:49 bug#13693: M-x grep should do some basic parameter checking jidanni
2013-02-12 17:52 ` Juri Linkov
@ 2013-02-12 21:02 ` jidanni
2013-02-13 8:46 ` Juri Linkov
2013-02-13 8:55 ` jidanni
2 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: jidanni @ 2013-02-12 21:02 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: juri; +Cc: 13693
>>>>> "JL" == Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org> writes:
>> Why doesn't M-x grep check that it has been given at least
>> two parameters
JL> Why two? For example, for "git-grep pattern" just one is enough.
$ emacs
(grep "grep -nH -e love")
Will always fail. And the user will think "well, I can't find the love
letter she sent me, and thus can't find her address, so I will just give
up," when all along he just forgot to give the filename.
Whereas normally
$ grep love
would hang, waiting for input, so he would know that the relationship
still had a chance, and it was just emacs that was the reason the two
would have lost touch...
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* bug#13693: M-x grep should do some basic parameter checking
2013-02-12 21:02 ` jidanni
@ 2013-02-13 8:46 ` Juri Linkov
0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Juri Linkov @ 2013-02-13 8:46 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: jidanni; +Cc: 13693
> $ emacs
> (grep "grep -nH -e love")
> Will always fail. And the user will think "well, I can't find the love
> letter she sent me, and thus can't find her address, so I will just give
> up," when all along he just forgot to give the filename.
>
> Whereas normally
> $ grep love
> would hang, waiting for input, so he would know that the relationship
> still had a chance, and it was just emacs that was the reason the two
> would have lost touch...
If you tend to forget the pattern or file argument there is a reliable grep
known as `M-x rgrep' that asks you what and where to search.
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* bug#13693: M-x grep should do some basic parameter checking
2013-02-12 5:49 bug#13693: M-x grep should do some basic parameter checking jidanni
2013-02-12 17:52 ` Juri Linkov
2013-02-12 21:02 ` jidanni
@ 2013-02-13 8:55 ` jidanni
2013-02-14 9:23 ` Juri Linkov
2 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: jidanni @ 2013-02-13 8:55 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: juri; +Cc: 13693
>>>>> "JL" == Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org> writes:
JL> If you tend to forget the pattern or file argument there is a reliable grep
JL> known as `M-x rgrep' that asks you what and where to search.
Yes, I use that too.
And that is what is causing me to even remember less that M-x grep needs
more arguments when I use it !
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* bug#13693: M-x grep should do some basic parameter checking
2013-02-13 8:55 ` jidanni
@ 2013-02-14 9:23 ` Juri Linkov
0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Juri Linkov @ 2013-02-14 9:23 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: jidanni; +Cc: 13693
> JL> If you tend to forget the pattern or file argument there is a reliable grep
> JL> known as `M-x rgrep' that asks you what and where to search.
>
> Yes, I use that too.
>
> And that is what is causing me to even remember less that M-x grep needs
> more arguments when I use it !
Then customize `grep-command' to something like "grep -nH -e pattern *"
that would remind you to replace the default search string "pattern"
and to replace "*" with actual file names to search.
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