Re: Proposed alias.

[Piet van Oostrum <piet@cs.uu.nl>]

>>>>> David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org> (DK) wrote:

>DK> Romain Francoise <romain@orebokech.com> writes:
>>> David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org> writes:
>>> 
>>>> I have quite often used `find-grep-dired' and it has been a
>>>> nuisance that the more often needed `find-grep' is not available.
>>>> I only discovered by accident that it _does_ exist, but only under
>>>> the name `grep-find'.
>>> 
>>> How about adding a `grep-find-dired' alias to `find-grep-dired' as
>>> well?

>DK> Uh, that does not make sense.  One does not run `grep' piped into
>DK> `find'.  But one _does_ run `find' piped into `grep'.

>DK> The name "grep-find" is quite counterintuitive and probably only
>DK> chosen because it is in the grep package, and so the "grep-" prefix
>DK> somewhat suggested itself.  Not really a good choice in my book, but
>DK> removing the existing binding would not be nice, either.

find-grep-dired gives you a Find-style buffer and grep-find gives you a
Grep-style buffer. This is reflected in the name. If people are confused
they can make the alias themselves, in whatever direction they find useful.
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