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bug#6553: M-x grep should encourage the user to remember to add filename
From: |
Dan Nicolaescu |
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 |
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Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.1 (gnu/linux) |
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.