From: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
Cc: pbreton@cs.umb.edu, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: locate-with-filter
Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 07:55:52 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <E1FImaW-0005aL-M9@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200603122359.k2CNxE111892@raven.dms.auburn.edu> (message from Luc Teirlinck on Sun, 12 Mar 2006 17:59:14 -0600 (CST))
(defun locate (search-string &optional filter)
! "Run the program `locate', putting results in `*Locate*' buffer.
With prefix arg, prompt for the locate command to run."
(interactive
(list
--- 190,196 ----
;;;###autoload
(defun locate (search-string &optional filter)
! "Run the locate program, putting results in `*Locate*' buffer.
This is a small step in the wrong direction, so please don't do it.
The problem is that this description is not self-contained. It
assumes the reader knows about the `locate' program and knows what its
output looks like.
This command should have a self-contained description which is comprehensible
without knowing about `locate'.
;;;###autoload
(defun locate-with-filter (search-string filter)
! "Run the locate program with a filter.
! FILTER is a regular expression. Only the lines in the output of
! the locate program that contain a match for FILTER are shown in
! the `*Locate*' buffer; this is often useful to constrain a big search."
That is a little better. It eliminates the ambiguity.
! When invoked interactively, this command prompts for both SEARCH-STRING
! and FILTER. It passes SEARCH-STRING to the locate program.
! It only shows those lines in the output of the locate program
! that contain a match for the regular expression FILTER in the
! `*Locate*' buffer; this is often useful to constrain a big search.
!
! When called from Lisp, this function is identical with `locate',
! except that FILTER is not optional."
That is a little better than the first try.
With this change, `locate-with-filter's doc string still has the same
problem as that of `locate'.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-03-13 12:55 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 48+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-03-11 23:46 locate-with-filter Richard Stallman
2006-03-12 23:59 ` locate-with-filter Luc Teirlinck
2006-03-13 0:18 ` locate-with-filter Luc Teirlinck
2006-03-13 4:39 ` locate-with-filter Eli Zaretskii
2006-03-13 11:30 ` locate-with-filter Peter Breton
2006-03-13 12:55 ` Richard Stallman [this message]
2006-03-14 2:55 ` locate-with-filter Luc Teirlinck
2006-03-14 4:41 ` locate-with-filter Eli Zaretskii
2006-03-14 5:39 ` locate-with-filter Luc Teirlinck
2006-03-14 16:09 ` locate-with-filter Richard Stallman
2006-03-15 5:41 ` locate-with-filter Luc Teirlinck
2006-03-15 13:33 ` locate-with-filter Luc Teirlinck
2006-03-15 13:39 ` locate-with-filter Luc Teirlinck
2006-03-15 20:23 ` locate-with-filter Richard Stallman
2006-03-15 22:47 ` locate-with-filter Luc Teirlinck
2006-03-16 20:18 ` locate-with-filter Richard Stallman
2006-03-17 1:38 ` locate-with-filter Luc Teirlinck
2006-03-17 2:21 ` locate-with-filter Luc Teirlinck
2006-03-18 8:44 ` locate-with-filter Richard Stallman
2006-03-18 8:59 ` locate-with-filter Nick Roberts
2006-03-18 17:16 ` locate-with-filter Luc Teirlinck
2006-03-19 4:15 ` locate-with-filter Nick Roberts
2006-03-19 3:50 ` locate-with-filter Luc Teirlinck
2006-03-19 4:55 ` locate-with-filter Luc Teirlinck
2006-03-19 5:09 ` locate-with-filter Luc Teirlinck
2006-03-19 5:22 ` locate-with-filter Luc Teirlinck
2006-03-19 21:51 ` locate-with-filter Richard Stallman
2006-03-20 5:12 ` locate-with-filter Luc Teirlinck
2006-03-21 1:02 ` locate-with-filter Richard Stallman
2006-03-21 1:13 ` locate-with-filter Luc Teirlinck
2006-03-29 4:09 ` locate-with-filter Luc Teirlinck
2006-03-29 23:02 ` locate-with-filter Richard Stallman
2006-03-30 0:29 ` locate-with-filter Luc Teirlinck
2006-03-31 3:10 ` locate-with-filter Richard Stallman
2006-04-01 1:34 ` locate-with-filter Luc Teirlinck
2006-04-01 1:52 ` locate-with-filter Luc Teirlinck
2006-03-19 9:09 ` locate-with-filter Richard Stallman
2006-03-19 20:15 ` locate-with-filter Nick Roberts
2006-03-19 20:19 ` locate-with-filter Luc Teirlinck
2006-03-19 22:05 ` locate-with-filter Nick Roberts
2006-03-20 15:05 ` locate-with-filter Richard Stallman
2006-03-19 1:28 ` locate-with-filter Luc Teirlinck
2006-03-19 2:29 ` locate-with-filter Luc Teirlinck
2006-03-20 6:18 ` locate-with-filter Stefan Monnier
2006-03-14 16:09 ` locate-with-filter Richard Stallman
2006-03-15 5:37 ` locate-with-filter Luc Teirlinck
2006-03-15 5:48 ` locate-with-filter Luc Teirlinck
2006-03-15 20:23 ` locate-with-filter Richard Stallman
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