From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Nick Roberts Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: RE: grep command doc - point out that you can chain now Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2006 21:05:32 +1200 Message-ID: <17597.62940.618502.869151@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> References: <17597.55565.17696.172118@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1153300051 32123 80.91.229.2 (19 Jul 2006 09:07:31 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2006 09:07:31 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jul 19 11:07:28 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 1G381S-00072x-JJ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 19 Jul 2006 11:07:15 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1G381S-0004wF-48 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 19 Jul 2006 05:07:14 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1G3819-0004w7-E2 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 19 Jul 2006 05:06:55 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1G3817-0004vo-Tj for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 19 Jul 2006 05:06:55 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1G3817-0004vl-Iz for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 19 Jul 2006 05:06:53 -0400 Original-Received: from [202.37.101.8] (helo=viper.snap.net.nz) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1G384C-0008LK-9K for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 19 Jul 2006 05:10:04 -0400 Original-Received: from kahikatea.snap.net.nz (p202-124-112-175.snap.net.nz [202.124.112.175]) by viper.snap.net.nz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1092D7766EF; Wed, 19 Jul 2006 21:06:50 +1200 (NZST) Original-Received: by kahikatea.snap.net.nz (Postfix, from userid 500) id D5FB61D3547; Wed, 19 Jul 2006 21:05:33 +1200 (NZST) Original-To: "Drew Adams" In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: VM 7.19 under Emacs 22.0.50.39 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:57327 Archived-At: > It's a bit awkward to explain in the manual....Why not > just extend the existing entry in NEWS?: > > Piping grep commands is particularly useful; I'm not questioning its usefulness, just saying that I think its description is more appropriate to a Unix manual. > the others you mention are not. Actually remote debugging in Emacs would be rather useful to those that do it. > The fact that you can chain multiple greps and use the result in buffer > *grep* is an extension of grep functionality, in effect. I think it would be > useful to mention that one use pattern in the Emacs manual, where grep is > discussed. Yes, as you've already said. -- Nick http://www.inet.net.nz/~nickrob