From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Add lgrep/rgrep commands to Edit > Search submenu Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2009 23:43:04 +0100 Message-ID: <873af7ovlz.fsf@kfs-lx.rd.rdm> References: <87y6x0ph4x.fsf@kfs-lx.rd.rdm> <87skn7w85h.fsf@cyd.mit.edu> <87bptvp4wk.fsf@kfs-lx.rd.rdm> <87ab9fawzn.fsf@jurta.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1232923405 17078 80.91.229.12 (25 Jan 2009 22:43:25 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2009 22:43:25 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Chong Yidong , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Juri Linkov Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Jan 25 23:44:37 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1LRDiU-0007Na-HX for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 25 Jan 2009 23:44:34 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:51057 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LRDhC-0007QK-O7 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 25 Jan 2009 17:43:14 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LRDh8-0007Q5-S2 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 25 Jan 2009 17:43:10 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LRDh8-0007Pt-7Y for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 25 Jan 2009 17:43:10 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=39047 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LRDh8-0007Pq-5H for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 25 Jan 2009 17:43:10 -0500 Original-Received: from mail1-hoer.fullrate.dk ([90.185.1.42]:56661 helo=smtp.fullrate.dk) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LRDh7-0002ig-QL for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 25 Jan 2009 17:43:09 -0500 Original-Received: from kfs-lx.rd.rdm.cua.dk (unknown [90.184.173.152]) by smtp.fullrate.dk (Postfix) with SMTP id 40ACD9D7C7; Sun, 25 Jan 2009 23:43:05 +0100 (CET) In-Reply-To: <87ab9fawzn.fsf@jurta.org> (Juri Linkov's message of "Sun, 25 Jan 2009 23:37:00 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. 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:108240 Archived-At: Juri Linkov writes: >> I find lgrep / rgrep rather useful as an editing tool -- but parhaps >> that is because I have the "replace grep match" add-on which I find is >> one of the most efficient extensions to emacs (it was rejected last time >> I proposed this - so I'm not going to propose it again). >> >> ;;; grep-x.el -- search and replace interface using grep output. > > I guess the problem with grep-x.el is that it doesn't provide a familiar > user interface like in query-replace. Maybe a better interface would be > using tags-query-replace with a list of files grep matched? That's a nice idea - I'll take a look at it. But if you ever used "vi", the n="next match", .="repeat last change" is a very familiar interface .... one that I really miss in Emacs :-) -- Kim F. Storm http://www.cua.dk