From: storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm)
Cc: Eric Hanchrow <offby1@blarg.net>, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: [mange@freemail.hu: grep-tree doesn't shell-quote-argument]
Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2006 10:59:44 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m3ejzu9bzz.fsf@kfs-l.imdomain.dk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4445033A.2030002@student.lu.se> (Lennart Borgman's message of "Tue, 18 Apr 2006 17:18:18 +0200")
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
> Btw, isn't it confusing that we have no less than 3 different
> commands (find-grep-dired, grep-find, and grep-tree) to do
> the same job?
Why? They do it differently and each serves a different audience.
Eric Hanchrow wrote:
> Yes. I've been using Emacs for 20 years, more or less, and only knew
> about grep-find until just now :-|
So what?
Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman.073@student.lu.se> writes:
> Too me it seems like merging them into one command could possibly save
> a lot of time for many people.
Huh?
Have you actually looked at them and what they do?
Command Input Output
----------------------------------------------------------------------
grep Shell Command List of matching lines
grep ...
grep-find Shell Command List of matching lines
find ... | grep ... (recurses directories)
grep-tree Regexp, Files, Dir List of matching lines
(recurses directorires)
find-grep-dired Dir, Regexp List of matching FILES
(recurses directorires)
So grep and grep-find are similar in the sense that they both
prompts the user for a SHELL COMMAND -- which is flexible but
low-level (IMO).
Like grep-find, grep-tree recurses directories listing matching lines,
but the interface it completely different, as grep-tree prompts
individually for regexp, files, and starting directory (with normal
directory name completion). It also remembers your previous choice
for each parameter, so you can quickly repeat a previous search
starting in a different directory. IMO, grep-tree is much more user
friendly than grep and grep-find (I use grep-tree all the time),
while others obviously prefer the power of grep and grep-find.
find-grep-dired is completely different in the sense that it
doesn't list the matches, but rather presents a dired buffer
which lists the files which matches the regexp.
So they all serve a different purpose, and I don't see any way to
merge them ...or how doing so can "save a lot of time for many people".
--
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk> http://www.cua.dk
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Thread overview: 67+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-04-18 12:57 [mange@freemail.hu: grep-tree doesn't shell-quote-argument] Richard Stallman
2006-04-18 14:02 ` Kim F. Storm
2006-04-18 14:44 ` Eli Zaretskii
2006-04-18 15:11 ` Eric Hanchrow
2006-04-18 15:18 ` Lennart Borgman
2006-04-19 8:59 ` Kim F. Storm [this message]
2006-04-19 9:15 ` Romain Francoise
2006-04-19 9:16 ` Eli Zaretskii
2006-04-19 11:41 ` Kim F. Storm
2006-04-19 12:23 ` David Kastrup
2006-04-19 12:51 ` Kim F. Storm
2006-04-19 13:09 ` David Kastrup
2006-04-19 21:13 ` Richard Stallman
2006-04-19 13:14 ` Stefan Monnier
2006-04-19 13:28 ` David Kastrup
2006-04-19 13:58 ` Stefan Monnier
2006-04-19 14:09 ` David Kastrup
2006-04-19 14:58 ` Kim F. Storm
2006-04-19 15:10 ` David Kastrup
2006-04-19 16:59 ` Kevin Rodgers
2006-04-19 17:08 ` David Kastrup
2006-04-19 14:52 ` Kim F. Storm
2006-04-19 15:03 ` David Kastrup
2006-04-19 18:10 ` Bill Wohler
2006-04-19 18:15 ` Drew Adams
2006-04-19 18:23 ` David Kastrup
2006-04-19 18:34 ` Bill Wohler
2006-04-19 21:13 ` Richard Stallman
2006-04-19 12:49 ` Stefan Monnier
2006-04-18 15:27 ` Romain Francoise
2006-04-19 4:17 ` Richard Stallman
2006-04-19 8:57 ` Eli Zaretskii
2006-04-19 21:12 ` Richard Stallman
2006-04-20 9:53 ` Eli Zaretskii
2006-04-21 8:27 ` Kim F. Storm
2006-04-21 14:47 ` Magnus Henoch
2006-04-21 17:22 ` Stefan Monnier
2006-04-21 20:04 ` Kim F. Storm
2006-04-21 20:40 ` Stefan Monnier
2006-04-21 21:35 ` Kim F. Storm
2006-04-22 12:03 ` Richard Stallman
2006-04-22 12:41 ` David Kastrup
2006-04-23 16:06 ` Bill Wohler
2006-04-23 16:19 ` Bill Wohler
2006-04-22 23:02 ` Kim F. Storm
2006-04-23 21:58 ` Richard Stallman
2006-04-23 22:06 ` David Kastrup
2006-04-24 11:51 ` Richard Stallman
2006-04-24 12:04 ` David Kastrup
2006-04-25 16:46 ` Richard Stallman
2006-04-24 12:10 ` Kim F. Storm
2006-04-24 22:46 ` Kim F. Storm
2006-04-25 16:47 ` Richard Stallman
2006-04-24 11:05 ` Kim F. Storm
2006-04-24 11:11 ` Miles Bader
2006-04-24 11:24 ` David Kastrup
2006-04-24 11:31 ` Miles Bader
2006-04-24 11:43 ` David Kastrup
2006-04-24 11:52 ` Miles Bader
2006-04-24 17:52 ` Richard Stallman
2006-04-24 18:16 ` David Kastrup
2006-04-24 20:38 ` Chong Yidong
2006-04-25 16:48 ` Richard Stallman
2006-04-26 8:27 ` Kim F. Storm
2006-04-27 4:36 ` Richard Stallman
2006-04-25 9:06 ` Kim F. Storm
2006-04-29 3:50 ` Richard Stallman
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