grep-find-command - please include -name *.ext

grep-find-command - please include -name *.ext

[Lennart Borgman]

I think normally when a user wants to search just a certain types of 
files. Would it not be good to include

    -name "*.ext"

or

   -regex ".*\.ext"

in the arguments to find in grep-find-command?

Re: grep-find-command - please include -name *.ext

[Masatake YAMATO]

> I think normally when a user wants to search just a certain types of 
> files. Would it not be good to include
> 
>     -name "*.ext"
> 
> or
> 
>    -regex ".*\.ext"
> 
> in the arguments to find in grep-find-command?

How about M-x rgrep?

I support your idea.
However, I wonder what kind of value 
should be used as default argument for -name?

Guessing "*.ext" from the major mode of the current buffer
is one idea. e.g.

  c-mode => -name "*.[ch]"
  emacs-lisp-mode => -name '*.el'

But I think there are too many cases that the default value is
not enough. In such case the user have to type C-b or M-b many
times to modify the default value or remove -name argument. It
is not convenient. If you can find good default value and/or 
good user interface for editing -name argument, I think it is
worth implementing. Of course, after releasing.

Masatake YAMATO

Re: grep-find-command - please include -name *.ext

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 17:41:15 +0100
> From: Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman.073@student.lu.se>
> 
> I think normally when a user wants to search just a certain types of 
> files. Would it not be good to include
> 
>     -name "*.ext"
> 
> or
> 
>    -regex ".*\.ext"
> 
> in the arguments to find in grep-find-command?

PLEASE don't suggest new features until after the release.