From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Chong Yidong Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Add lgrep/rgrep commands to Edit > Search submenu Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2009 13:30:18 -0500 Message-ID: <87skn7w85h.fsf@cyd.mit.edu> References: <87y6x0ph4x.fsf@kfs-lx.rd.rdm> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1232908205 3568 80.91.229.12 (25 Jan 2009 18:30:05 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2009 18:30:05 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Jan 25 19:31:18 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1LR9lO-0007u5-41 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 25 Jan 2009 19:31:18 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:33179 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LR9k6-0005Qw-76 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 25 Jan 2009 13:29:58 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LR9k0-0005Nf-72 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 25 Jan 2009 13:29:52 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LR9jy-0005MQ-S2 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 25 Jan 2009 13:29:51 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=45773 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LR9jy-0005MM-My for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 25 Jan 2009 13:29:50 -0500 Original-Received: from cyd.mit.edu ([18.115.2.24]:33865) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LR9jy-0000xZ-9e for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 25 Jan 2009 13:29:50 -0500 Original-Received: by cyd.mit.edu (Postfix, from userid 1000) id F2FAB57E1D4; Sun, 25 Jan 2009 13:30:18 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <87y6x0ph4x.fsf@kfs-lx.rd.rdm> (Kim F. Storm's message of "Sat, 24 Jan 2009 21:45:50 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. 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:108225 Archived-At: storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) writes: > IMO, lgrep and rgrep are much better suited as menu commands, > and they would logically fit very well on > Edit > Search > Search Files... > Edit > Search > Search Files Recurse... > > We may remove the standard grep from Tools - or keep it as > a more advanced/low-level interface. Conceptually, the grep commands are not a good fit for the Edit menu. The Edit menu contains commands that act on the current buffer; the Tools menu contains commands that do fancier stuff like operating on multiple files. So, even though Isearch and Grep are both "search commands", I don't think it's good to consolidate them on the menu bar.