From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: bojohan+news@dd.chalmers.se (=?iso-8859-1?q?Johan_Bockg=E5rd?=) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: Re: M-x grep prompt: fill in the * for us Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 02:09:05 +0200 Organization: Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1055981663 29418 80.91.224.249 (19 Jun 2003 00:14:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 00:14:23 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jun 19 02:14:20 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19Sn36-0007YN-00 for ; Thu, 19 Jun 2003 02:13:09 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 19Sn2Q-0008EG-1h for gnu-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 18 Jun 2003 20:12:26 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.20) id 19Sn0J-0007nB-Ng for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Jun 2003 20:10:15 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.20) id 19SmzT-0007FR-Tt for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Jun 2003 20:09:24 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([199.232.76.164]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 19SmzS-0007B8-Jc for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Jun 2003 20:09:22 -0400 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 19SmzS-00065O-DR for gnu-emacs-bug@prep.ai.mit.edu; Wed, 18 Jun 2003 20:09:22 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.20) id 19SmzN-00074A-5x for gnu-emacs-bug@prep.ai.mit.edu; Wed, 18 Jun 2003 20:09:17 -0400 Original-Received: from eru.dd.chalmers.se ([129.16.117.10]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 19SmzK-0006Wu-BQ for gnu-emacs-bug@prep.ai.mit.edu; Wed, 18 Jun 2003 20:09:14 -0400 Original-Received: from eol.dd.chalmers.se (eol.dd.chalmers.se [129.16.116.9]) by eru.dd.chalmers.se (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id h5J09624018489 for ; Thu, 19 Jun 2003 02:09:07 +0200 (MEST) Original-Received: from eol.dd.chalmers.se (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by eol.dd.chalmers.se (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id h5J096x6014017 for ; Thu, 19 Jun 2003 02:09:06 +0200 (MEST) Original-Received: (from news@localhost) by eol.dd.chalmers.se (8.12.8/8.12.8/Submit) id h5J095ls014016 for gnu-emacs-bug@prep.ai.mit.edu; Thu, 19 Jun 2003 02:09:05 +0200 (MEST) Original-To: gnu-emacs-bug@prep.ai.mit.edu Original-Path: not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.bug Original-Lines: 16 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: helm.dd.chalmers.se Mail-Copies-To: never User-Agent: Gnus/5.1002 (Gnus v5.10.2) Emacs/21.2 (usg-unix-v) Cancel-Lock: sha1:lyhT0wUWj/ujsftb0ooAskvrYjA= X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:5340 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.bugs:5340 Kevin Rodgers writes: > Dan Jacobson wrote: > >> How about when prompting for M-x grep, >> Run grep (like this): grep -n -e >> You instead prompt with >> Run grep (like this): grep -n -e X * > > Even better would be *.foo, where foo is the extension of the visited file. And that's what C-u M-x grep already does. -- The day Microsoft makes something that doesn't suck is probably the day they start making vacuum cleaners. -- Ernst Jan Plugge