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From: Peter Jones <mlists@pmade.com>
To: Stefan Vollmar <vollmar@nf.mpg.de>
Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: rgrep with (some) fixed parameters
Date: Fri, 06 Jun 2008 14:40:58 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <m2y75ithyd.fsf@pmade.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <0F8F98AB-AC87-4968-8CCE-5EFF06E4B2A2@nf.mpg.de> (Stefan Vollmar's message of "Fri\, 06 Jun 2008 21\:26\:32 +0200")

Stefan Vollmar <vollmar@nf.mpg.de> writes:
> I find the M-rgrep command very useful but need it frequently in the
> context of a particular project where all parameters remain constant
> (directory, name pattern of files to search) except the expression to
> look for. How could I create a command my-rgrep that uses some pre-set
> parameters and only asks for the search pattern (the project-specific
> parameters have already been assigned to some variables) ?

You just need to write a few small lines of lisp.  Read the
documentation for rgrep:

C-h f rgrep

-- 
Peter Jones, pmade inc.
http://pmade.com




  reply	other threads:[~2008-06-06 20:40 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-06-06 19:26 rgrep with (some) fixed parameters Stefan Vollmar
2008-06-06 20:40 ` Peter Jones [this message]
2008-06-06 21:43   ` Stefan Vollmar
2008-06-07 14:23     ` Kevin Rodgers
2008-06-07 16:37       ` Stefan Vollmar
2008-06-06 20:54 ` Thierry Volpiatto

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