From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Kastrup Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: [mange@freemail.hu: grep-tree doesn't shell-quote-argument] Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2006 00:06:03 +0200 Message-ID: <858xpwj6b8.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1145830050 30275 80.91.229.2 (23 Apr 2006 22:07:30 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2006 22:07:30 +0000 (UTC) Cc: mange@freemail.hu, emacs-devel@gnu.org, "Kim F. Storm" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Apr 24 00:07:28 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FXmjj-0001JT-1a for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 24 Apr 2006 00:07:23 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FXmjc-0003h8-95 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 23 Apr 2006 18:07:16 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FXmjP-0003gX-PD for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 23 Apr 2006 18:07:03 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FXmjP-0003g4-8a for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 23 Apr 2006 18:07:03 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FXmjP-0003fy-0F for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 23 Apr 2006 18:07:03 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.164] (helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1FXmlP-0002E6-PN for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 23 Apr 2006 18:09:07 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lola.goethe.zz) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1FXmid-00022t-WB; Sun, 23 Apr 2006 18:06:16 -0400 Original-Received: by lola.goethe.zz (Postfix, from userid 1002) id 9D3081C01F8A; Mon, 24 Apr 2006 00:06:03 +0200 (CEST) Original-To: rms@gnu.org In-Reply-To: (Richard Stallman's message of "Sun, 23 Apr 2006 17:58:34 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:53288 Archived-At: Richard Stallman writes: > The old grep-find interface is "a hack" (a way to > start a compile-like command which runs find | grep. > > But it is quite like M-x grep, and that makes for consistency. I > think that nearly everyone who uses grep-find will have used M-x > grep first, and will therefore find grep-find quite natural. > > It could be the case that we could make both grep and grep-find > easier for beginners to use, in a consistent way. But let's wait > till after the release for that change. > > For now, I would suggest we consider making the new feature > grep-tree more convenient in a way that isn't incompatible for old > features such as grep-find. The problem that was being addressed is that we already have to many similar features. The patch was intended to obliterate "grep-tree" as a separate feature. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum