* bug#6553: M-x grep should encourage the user to remember to add filenames to the command line
@ 2010-07-02 11:26 jidanni
2010-07-02 18:31 ` Dan Nicolaescu
2010-07-03 0:38 ` jidanni
0 siblings, 2 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: jidanni @ 2010-07-02 11:26 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 6553
M-x grep, instead of prompting like:
Run grep (like this): zgrep -nH -e
should prompt like:
Run grep (like this): zgrep -nH -e *
with the cursor placed ^here.
That way the user won't need to remember to add the *, which he usually
wants, but always forgets, as I recall I mentioned a few years back.
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* bug#6553: M-x grep should encourage the user to remember to add filenames to the command line
2010-07-02 11:26 bug#6553: M-x grep should encourage the user to remember to add filenames to the command line jidanni
@ 2010-07-02 18:31 ` Dan Nicolaescu
2010-07-03 0:38 ` jidanni
1 sibling, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Dan Nicolaescu @ 2010-07-02 18:31 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: jidanni; +Cc: 6553
jidanni@jidanni.org writes:
> M-x grep, instead of prompting like:
> Run grep (like this): zgrep -nH -e
> should prompt like:
> Run grep (like this): zgrep -nH -e *
> with the cursor placed ^here.
> That way the user won't need to remember to add the *, which he usually
> wants, but always forgets, as I recall I mentioned a few years back.
IMHO we should just encourage users to use lgrep/rgrep/rzgrep, the UI is much better.
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* bug#6553: M-x grep should encourage the user to remember to add filenames to the command line
2010-07-02 11:26 bug#6553: M-x grep should encourage the user to remember to add filenames to the command line jidanni
2010-07-02 18:31 ` Dan Nicolaescu
@ 2010-07-03 0:38 ` jidanni
2010-07-03 1:11 ` Lennart Borgman
1 sibling, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: jidanni @ 2010-07-03 0:38 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: dann; +Cc: 6553
>>>>> "DN" == Dan Nicolaescu <dann@gnu.org> writes:
DN> IMHO we should just encourage users to use lgrep/rgrep/rzgrep, the UI is much better.
Well your thoughts won't reach most M-x grep users, unless you "reach
them where it hurts" somehow.
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* bug#6553: M-x grep should encourage the user to remember to add filenames to the command line
2010-07-03 0:38 ` jidanni
@ 2010-07-03 1:11 ` Lennart Borgman
0 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Lennart Borgman @ 2010-07-03 1:11 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: jidanni; +Cc: dann, 6553
On Sat, Jul 3, 2010 at 2:38 AM, <jidanni@jidanni.org> wrote:
>>>>>> "DN" == Dan Nicolaescu <dann@gnu.org> writes:
>
> DN> IMHO we should just encourage users to use lgrep/rgrep/rzgrep, the UI is much better.
>
> Well your thoughts won't reach most M-x grep users, unless you "reach
> them where it hurts" somehow.
Which reminds me of that lgrep and rgrep are still not in the menus.
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