* How to set default locate switches?
@ 2020-12-10 6:16 Vladimir Nikishkin
2020-12-10 10:52 ` Jean Louis
2020-12-10 14:06 ` Eli Zaretskii
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From: Vladimir Nikishkin @ 2020-12-10 6:16 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-gnu-emacs
Hello, everyone
I am using locate a lot to find files and directories.
However, by default locate searches in a case-sensitive way, and in the
full path. On the other hand, I like searching the way described with
locate's `-ieb` switches. (existing, case-fold, basename)
I can, obviously, use C-u locate , but that's more typing.
Is there a way to set those keys by default?
Thanks,
Vlad
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Vladimir Nikishkin (MiEr, lockywolf)
(Laptop)
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* Re: How to set default locate switches?
2020-12-10 6:16 How to set default locate switches? Vladimir Nikishkin
@ 2020-12-10 10:52 ` Jean Louis
2020-12-10 14:06 ` Eli Zaretskii
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From: Jean Louis @ 2020-12-10 10:52 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Vladimir Nikishkin; +Cc: help-gnu-emacs
* Vladimir Nikishkin <lockywolf@gmail.com> [2020-12-10 09:17]:
> Hello, everyone
>
> I am using locate a lot to find files and directories.
> However, by default locate searches in a case-sensitive way, and in the
> full path. On the other hand, I like searching the way described with
> locate's `-ieb` switches. (existing, case-fold, basename)
>
> I can, obviously, use C-u locate , but that's more typing.
>
> Is there a way to set those keys by default?
I am using it this way:
1. I set up the variable: locate-command to following:
(setq locate-command "/home/data1/protected/bin/locate.sh")
and then in that script I have this:
#!/bin/bash
locate -e -d /home/data1/protected/.locate.database -A -i $@
Which you may customize as you wish.
Normally I am using locate to find my files, not system files. If I
wish to find system files, I run locate in shell.
I do not like that list of my files is available outside of my user
space. My /home is encrypted and list of files should not be on
unencrypted system partition. That is why the -d switch above.
To update my database, I use:
nice -n 19 updatedb -l 0 -U /home/data1/protected -o /home/data1/protected/.locate.database #2> /dev/null
Very handy option is -A as it then looks for both terms to be included. For term "gnu emacs" it will find this line:
/home/data1/protected/public_html/gnu.support/files/tmp/mtraceEMACS.mtr.7385.lz
You may use several terms to find matching lines containing all of them.
Jean
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* Re: How to set default locate switches?
2020-12-10 6:16 How to set default locate switches? Vladimir Nikishkin
2020-12-10 10:52 ` Jean Louis
@ 2020-12-10 14:06 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-12-10 17:31 ` Michael Heerdegen
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From: Eli Zaretskii @ 2020-12-10 14:06 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-gnu-emacs
> From: Vladimir Nikishkin <lockywolf@gmail.com>
> Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2020 14:16:43 +0800
>
> I am using locate a lot to find files and directories.
> However, by default locate searches in a case-sensitive way, and in the
> full path. On the other hand, I like searching the way described with
> locate's `-ieb` switches. (existing, case-fold, basename)
>
> I can, obviously, use C-u locate , but that's more typing.
>
> Is there a way to set those keys by default?
You should be able to provide your own function to compute the
'locate' command line, and set the variable locate-make-command-line
to point to that function instead of locate-default-make-command-line.
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* Re: How to set default locate switches?
2020-12-10 14:06 ` Eli Zaretskii
@ 2020-12-10 17:31 ` Michael Heerdegen
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From: Michael Heerdegen @ 2020-12-10 17:31 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-gnu-emacs
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
> You should be able to provide your own function to compute the
> 'locate' command line, and set the variable locate-make-command-line
> to point to that function instead of locate-default-make-command-line.
Additionally enabling `locate-prompt-for-command' comes handy so that
you sees what you get.
Michael.
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