Re[2]: IDE features: M-x find-grep

["Eric M. Ludlam" <eric@siege-engine.com>]

>>> Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org> seems to think that:
>>     Yes, I use to say that they should be in the Edit menu every time we
>>     discuss this ... ;-)
>>
>>     Seriously, they are very useful and I see no reason not to put them
>>     there. And `occur' and `multi-occur' should be there too, of course.
>>
>> There are lots of commands that are "worth putting in the menu" if we
>> judge by their usefulness.  But if we put them all in the menu it will
>> be so big it is inconvenient to use.  So arguing that "this command is
>> worth including" is not a good way to think about the question.
>
>The menu is not necessarily flat.  Using submenus it would be possible
>to organize most useful commands in a convenient way.  For instance,
>the "Search" menu could have submenus "Search files" for the grep family
>of commands, and "Search buffers" for the occur family of commands.

A better option is that the menu item might just be "find".  Instead
of a singular minibuffer prompt to a specific grep command, a buffer
explaining different grep options could be provided.  The cursor lands
on a text widget, and then the users types in the expression, and then
choses the right type of grep/find command from a selection of
buttons.  An expert Emacs user would, of course, just type M-x
my-favorite-grep-command RET, but for a new user, this would cover all
the bases in one menu item.

Eric

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