From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
To: Reuben Thomas <rrt@sc3d.org>
Cc: 16921@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#16921: Suggested grep-files-aliases entry for GNU build systems
Date: Wed, 11 May 2022 15:13:51 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87pmkk8b5c.fsf@gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAOnWdohYPymXDgSiFZrqmPdDigQtk5r-2nQQfopxtwtquKPB6w@mail.gmail.com> (Reuben Thomas's message of "Sun, 2 Mar 2014 09:05:23 +0000")
Reuben Thomas <rrt@sc3d.org> writes:
> At present, grep-files-aliases suggests "[Mm]akefile*" when you start rgrep in a
> Makefile.am, which is not at all what one usually wants, as it greps through long
> generated files.
>
> I suggest the following pattern, to go just before the Makefile entry:
>
> ("am" . "Makefile.am GNUmakefile *.mk")
>
> Makefile.am catches automake makefiles, GNUmakefile is often also used for
> GNU-specific hackery (e.g. by gnulib), and *.mk catches other GNU-ery such as
> gnulib's cfg.mk.
>
> Placing the pattern before the Makefile entry means that the latter need not be
> changed, but the new pattern is used for Makefile.am.
>
> The alias "am" is supposed to suggest "automake".
Makes sense to me; I've now added this to Emacs 29.
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2014-03-02 9:05 bug#16921: Suggested grep-files-aliases entry for GNU build systems Reuben Thomas
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