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 14:04:43 +0200 Message-ID: <85y7xvgox0.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> References: <858xpwj6b8.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1145880442 4494 80.91.229.2 (24 Apr 2006 12:07:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2006 12:07:22 +0000 (UTC) Cc: mange@freemail.hu, emacs-devel@gnu.org, storm@cua.dk Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Apr 24 14:07:20 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 1FXzqR-0003IM-Ea for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 24 Apr 2006 14:07:11 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FXzqQ-0002sR-US for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 24 Apr 2006 08:07:10 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FXzoN-0001OI-KW for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 24 Apr 2006 08:05:03 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FXzoM-0001NL-TT for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 24 Apr 2006 08:05:03 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FXzoM-0001N6-K9 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 24 Apr 2006 08:05:02 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.164] (helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1FXzqa-0005Cb-Oq for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 24 Apr 2006 08:07:20 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lola.goethe.zz) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1FXzoE-0006j8-Kl; Mon, 24 Apr 2006 08:04:55 -0400 Original-Received: by lola.goethe.zz (Postfix, from userid 1002) id 93C3E1C01F8A; Mon, 24 Apr 2006 14:04:43 +0200 (CEST) Original-To: rms@gnu.org In-Reply-To: (Richard Stallman's message of "Mon, 24 Apr 2006 07:51:24 -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:53326 Archived-At: Richard Stallman writes: > > 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. > > Yes, it could be C-u M-x grep-find. Having to use the prefix-argument for getting the interactive user-friendly version and getting the complex expert version by default is backwards-compatible but backwards. In this case I'd consider it prudent to sacrifice the compatibility in the user interface (Kim made sure that we _have_ compatibility for non-interactive use). -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum