From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Piet van Oostrum Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Proposed alias. Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 21:13:22 +0100 Message-ID: References: <87vf8fd33w.fsf@orebokech.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1109450256 18245 80.91.229.2 (26 Feb 2005 20:37:36 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 20:37:36 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Feb 26 21:37:35 2005 Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1D58gl-0004b2-B3 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 26 Feb 2005 21:37:23 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1D58ym-0003oS-5O for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 26 Feb 2005 15:56:00 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1D58wV-0002v5-UZ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 26 Feb 2005 15:53:40 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1D58w3-0002oA-Ax for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 26 Feb 2005 15:53:20 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1D58w1-0002YS-R7 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 26 Feb 2005 15:53:09 -0500 Original-Received: from [131.211.80.10] (helo=mail.cs.uu.nl) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1D58JY-0004gB-KH for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 26 Feb 2005 15:13:24 -0500 Original-Received: from mail.cs.uu.nl (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by mail.cs.uu.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 62185A37E5 for ; Sat, 26 Feb 2005 21:13:23 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ordesa.local (modena.cs.uu.nl [131.211.80.35]) by mail.cs.uu.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id AAF69A37E2 for ; Sat, 26 Feb 2005 21:13:22 +0100 (CET) X-Mailer: emacs 21.3.50.31 (via feedmail 8 I) Original-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org In-Reply-To: (David Kastrup's message of "Sat, 26 Feb 2005 11:44:25 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/21.3.50 (darwin) X-AV-Checked: ClamAV using ClamSMTP at cs.uu.nl X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org X-MailScanner-To: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:33844 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:33844 >>>>> David Kastrup (DK) wrote: >DK> Romain Francoise writes: >>> David Kastrup 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. -- Piet van Oostrum URL: http://www.cs.uu.nl/~piet [PGP] Private email: piet@vanoostrum.org