From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Add M-x occur to the menu-bar Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2003 09:57:12 -0400 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1063462152 27230 80.91.224.253 (13 Sep 2003 14:09:12 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2003 14:09:12 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Sat Sep 13 16:09:10 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19yB5K-00068L-00 for ; Sat, 13 Sep 2003 16:09:10 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19yB75-0005eJ-00 for ; Sat, 13 Sep 2003 16:10:59 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.22) id 19yB0O-0003zi-2U for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Sat, 13 Sep 2003 10:04:04 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.22) id 19yAzT-0003oa-Rr for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 13 Sep 2003 10:03:07 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.22) id 19yAzO-0003nE-So for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 13 Sep 2003 10:03:03 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.164] (helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.22) id 19yAzN-0003mc-3C for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 13 Sep 2003 10:03:01 -0400 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.20) id 19yAtk-0007RL-RH; Sat, 13 Sep 2003 09:57:12 -0400 Original-To: "Marshall, Simon" In-reply-to: (simon.marshall@misys.com) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:16376 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:16376 I think M-x grep and M-x occur should have as similar a UI as possible. All else being equal, I agree. People have tried making interfaces for grep that separate the arguments. I think one such is actually installed as an alternative. But they are simply less convenient than M-x grep. I've always found it baffling that if you are in a *grep* buffer you get a Compile menu with entries like "Next Error" to go to the next match. I've always found it annoying that C-x ` works for *grep* but not for *Occur*. It might make sense for C-x ` to work with Occur.