* Suggestion: split grep functionality out of compile.el
@ 2002-12-01 0:09 Kim F. Storm
2002-12-02 15:46 ` Richard Stallman
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From: Kim F. Storm @ 2002-12-01 0:09 UTC (permalink / raw)
I have been looking at the grep functionality and it is natural for it
to utilize the compile.el functionality, but I don't see why it has to
be so closely nit into the compilation facility that it shares the
same file and customization group `compilation'.
I would suggest splitting out the grep functionality into a new file
grep.el, and make a new customization group for it `grep'.
Does anyone object to me doing this?
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk> http://www.cua.dk
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* Re: Suggestion: split grep functionality out of compile.el
2002-12-01 0:09 Suggestion: split grep functionality out of compile.el Kim F. Storm
@ 2002-12-02 15:46 ` Richard Stallman
2002-12-02 22:28 ` Kim F. Storm
0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread
From: Richard Stallman @ 2002-12-02 15:46 UTC (permalink / raw)
Cc: emacs-devel
I have been looking at the grep functionality and it is natural for it
to utilize the compile.el functionality, but I don't see why it has to
be so closely nit into the compilation facility that it shares the
same file and customization group `compilation'.
I would suggest splitting out the grep functionality into a new file
grep.el, and make a new customization group for it `grep'.
How many lines would this file be? As for the separate customization
group, that woud make sense, but many of the compile variables also
affect grep; is there a way to make it clear to the user who tries to
customize grep that he should also look at the `compilation' group?
^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread* Re: Suggestion: split grep functionality out of compile.el
2002-12-02 15:46 ` Richard Stallman
@ 2002-12-02 22:28 ` Kim F. Storm
2002-12-04 11:07 ` Richard Stallman
0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread
From: Kim F. Storm @ 2002-12-02 22:28 UTC (permalink / raw)
Cc: emacs-devel
Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> writes:
> I have been looking at the grep functionality and it is natural for it
> to utilize the compile.el functionality, but I don't see why it has to
> be so closely nit into the compilation facility that it shares the
> same file and customization group `compilation'.
>
> I would suggest splitting out the grep functionality into a new file
> grep.el, and make a new customization group for it `grep'.
>
> How many lines would this file be?
grep.el will be 500 - 600 lines.
After the split, compile.el will be ~2000 lines.
> As for the separate customization
> group, that woud make sense, but many of the compile variables also
> affect grep; is there a way to make it clear to the user who tries to
> customize grep that he should also look at the `compilation' group?
I'd suggest to make grep-specific instances of the most relevant of
these variables, as the desired behaviour may easily differ between
"real" compilations and grep. E.g. I prefer compilation output
buffers to scroll, but I prefer that grep output doesn't.
--
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk> http://www.cua.dk
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