From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: jidanni@jidanni.org Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#13693: M-x grep should do some basic parameter checking Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2013 05:02:19 +0800 Message-ID: <87r4klxn38.fsf@jidanni.org> References: <87sj51pmyt.fsf@mail.jurta.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1360702966 23748 80.91.229.3 (12 Feb 2013 21:02:46 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2013 21:02:46 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 13693@debbugs.gnu.org To: juri@jurta.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Feb 12 22:03:06 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1U5N0L-0002D3-UP for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 12 Feb 2013 22:03:06 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:48137 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1U5N02-0000J3-KO for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 12 Feb 2013 16:02:46 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:49653) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1U5Mzv-0000Ih-Th for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 12 Feb 2013 16:02:44 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1U5Mzr-0002zS-N3 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 12 Feb 2013 16:02:39 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:47172) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1U5Mzr-0002zN-EB for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 12 Feb 2013 16:02:35 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1U5N0I-0006DA-MS for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 12 Feb 2013 16:03:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org In-Reply-To: <87sj52t73j.fsf@jidanni.org> Resent-From: jidanni@jidanni.org Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2013 21:03:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 13693 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 13693-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B13693.136070297523853 (code B ref 13693); Tue, 12 Feb 2013 21:03:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 13693) by debbugs.gnu.org; 12 Feb 2013 21:02:55 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:52635 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1U5N0B-0006Cg-0Z for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 12 Feb 2013 16:02:55 -0500 Original-Received: from caiajhbdcbef.dreamhost.com ([208.97.132.145]:53368 helo=homiemail-a7.g.dreamhost.com) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1U5N07-0006CX-EH for 13693@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 12 Feb 2013 16:02:53 -0500 Original-Received: from homiemail-a7.g.dreamhost.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by homiemail-a7.g.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2CCF925C06B; Tue, 12 Feb 2013 13:02:23 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=jidanni.org; h=from:to:cc :subject:references:date:message-id:mime-version:content-type; s=jidanni.org; bh=8rYCg2QohloSi5ITivB5276gghM=; b=fjstNnZIuJXQ9 CYf6ehtdA21phsB014OIWr1QvDmMGgkTOd0xeqdb6+Smj3he3Pd2MCpTx2Kji9E2 H2lAAPG4RWgB19KmYSfSzxbU+FiaYn1M2a5BvRa61CRwClwMCq/6zU+4kznNi7Hj 5X+S/TXo6rsQmtxHrcvI99O9p+3kfc= Original-Received: from jidanni.org (114-26-41-119.dynamic.hinet.net [114.26.41.119]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: jidanni@jidanni.org) by homiemail-a7.g.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id E005025C06A; Tue, 12 Feb 2013 13:02:22 -0800 (PST) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 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-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:71117 Archived-At: >>>>> "JL" == Juri Linkov writes: >> Why doesn't M-x grep check that it has been given at least >> two parameters JL> Why two? For example, for "git-grep pattern" just one is enough. $ emacs (grep "grep -nH -e love") Will always fail. And the user will think "well, I can't find the love letter she sent me, and thus can't find her address, so I will just give up," when all along he just forgot to give the filename. Whereas normally $ grep love would hang, waiting for input, so he would know that the relationship still had a chance, and it was just emacs that was the reason the two would have lost touch...