From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
To: "積丹尼 Dan Jacobson" <jidanni@jidanni.org>
Cc: 36558@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#36558: When the user forgets the filename when using M-x grep
Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2019 14:22:31 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87k1cq5baw.fsf@mouse.gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87lfx8f4zx.5.fsf@jidanni.org> ("積丹尼 Dan Jacobson"'s message of "Tue, 09 Jul 2019 08:04:02 +0800")
積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni@jidanni.org> writes:
> I don't think the M-x grep command has the ability for the user to
> change the default prompt from the current
>
> Run grep (like this): grep --color -nH --null -e
>
> to the rather more sophisticated
>
> Run grep (like this): grep --color -nH --null -e [] *
>
> where "[]" represents where the cursor should be placed when prompting
> the user.
I virtually never want to grep all files in a directory, so having to
hit `C-k' first would be a disadvantage, I think. And this is the kind
of interface twiddling that annoys people used to the old defaults, so
I'm closing this bug report.
--
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-07-10 12:22 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-07-09 0:04 bug#36558: When the user forgets the filename when using M-x grep 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson
2019-07-10 12:22 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen [this message]
2019-07-10 23:22 ` Tak Kunihiro
2019-07-11 0:38 ` 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson
2019-07-11 9:44 ` Tak Kunihiro
2019-07-11 18:48 ` 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson
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