From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#1863: Improved grep prompt Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2018 00:12:19 +0200 Message-ID: <874lkc6rwc.fsf@mouse.gnus.org> References: <87k591p98u.fsf@jidanni.org> <87priq8z35.fsf@jurta.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1523830271 1048 195.159.176.226 (15 Apr 2018 22:11:11 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2018 22:11:11 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: 1863@debbugs.gnu.org, jidanni@jidanni.org To: Juri Linkov Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Apr 16 00:11:06 2018 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1f7prU-00008M-8u for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 16 Apr 2018 00:11:04 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:47172 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1f7pta-00084r-Vz for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 15 Apr 2018 18:13:15 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:57668) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1f7ptT-00083i-3r for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 15 Apr 2018 18:13:08 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1f7ptP-0005IY-1F for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 15 Apr 2018 18:13:07 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:46782) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1f7ptO-0005IP-TM for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 15 Apr 2018 18:13:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1f7ptO-0003R0-C5 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 15 Apr 2018 18:13:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2018 22:13:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 1863 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 1863-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B1863.152383035713168 (code B ref 1863); Sun, 15 Apr 2018 22:13:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 1863) by debbugs.gnu.org; 15 Apr 2018 22:12:37 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:54679 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1f7psz-0003QK-3c for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 15 Apr 2018 18:12:37 -0400 Original-Received: from hermes.netfonds.no ([80.91.224.195]:39894) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1f7psw-0003QB-EV for 1863@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 15 Apr 2018 18:12:35 -0400 Original-Received: from 46.67.12.60.tmi.telenormobil.no ([46.67.12.60] helo=corrigan) by hermes.netfonds.no with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1f7pso-0002sG-4R; Mon, 16 Apr 2018 00:12:28 +0200 Original-Received: from larsi by corrigan with local (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1f7psh-0005tw-Tj; Mon, 16 Apr 2018 00:12:19 +0200 In-Reply-To: <87priq8z35.fsf@jurta.org> (Juri Linkov's message of "Wed, 14 Jan 2009 03:18:22 +0200") X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:145418 Archived-At: Juri Linkov writes: >> Regarding M-x grep, here are the current and improved prompts: >> Run grep (like this): grep -nH -e >> Run grep (like this): grep -nH -e [Cursor goes here] * <--and an asterisk here. I.e., @=cursor: >> Run grep (like this): grep -nH -e @ * >> If you use my improved prompt suggestion above, no longer will >> everybody forget to add a filename, and leave thinking "no matches found". > > Everybody's using rgrep and lgrep these days and never forget a filename ;-) It seemed like nobody were enthusiastic about adding such a fix, so I'm closing this as a "wontfix". -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no