From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Dan Nicolaescu Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#6553: M-x grep should encourage the user to remember to add filenames to the command line Date: Fri, 02 Jul 2010 14:31:46 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87eifm6s5d.fsf@jidanni.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1278097190 23775 80.91.229.12 (2 Jul 2010 18:59:50 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 2 Jul 2010 18:59:50 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 6553@debbugs.gnu.org To: jidanni@jidanni.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jul 02 20:59:47 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OUlSi-0005Ww-D0 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 02 Jul 2010 20:59:45 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:41253 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OUlSe-0005b0-AZ for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 02 Jul 2010 14:59:40 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=58786 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OUlSZ-0005av-VO for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 02 Jul 2010 14:59:37 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OUlSY-0004zi-VQ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 02 Jul 2010 14:59:35 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:40186) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OUlSY-0004zX-Re for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 02 Jul 2010 14:59:34 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OUl1u-0007Og-9I; Fri, 02 Jul 2010 14:32:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Dan Nicolaescu Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 02 Jul 2010 18:32:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 6553 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 6553-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B6553.127809551328428 (code B ref 6553); Fri, 02 Jul 2010 18:32:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 6553) by debbugs.gnu.org; 2 Jul 2010 18:31:53 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OUl1l-0007OT-HA for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 02 Jul 2010 14:31:53 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OUl1j-0007OO-Oz for 6553@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 02 Jul 2010 14:31:52 -0400 Original-Received: from dann by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OUl1e-0003sP-Ri; Fri, 02 Jul 2010 14:31:46 -0400 In-Reply-To: <87eifm6s5d.fsf@jidanni.org> (jidanni@jidanni.org's message of "Fri\, 02 Jul 2010 19\:26\:54 +0800") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.1 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Fri, 02 Jul 2010 14:32:02 -0400 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:38203 Archived-At: jidanni@jidanni.org writes: > M-x grep, instead of prompting like: > Run grep (like this): zgrep -nH -e > should prompt like: > Run grep (like this): zgrep -nH -e * > with the cursor placed ^here. > That way the user won't need to remember to add the *, which he usually > wants, but always forgets, as I recall I mentioned a few years back. IMHO we should just encourage users to use lgrep/rgrep/rzgrep, the UI is much better.