Re: grep-mode should print default-directory (again)

[Nick Roberts]

 >     compilation-mode now sets compilation-directory and prints it as a
 >     file-local variable.  ISTR it used to do this for default-directory.
 >     grep-mode does the same but, in this case I think default-directory is
 >     more relevant.
 > 
 > Could you explain why you think so?  Won't both achieve the same
 > result: finding the grep hits in the right place?

AFAICS compilation-directory is just used with recompile and it gets set by
M-x compile (through default-directory).

If I do M-x compile when default-directory has the value "/home/nickrob/" I
get:

-*- mode: compilation; compilation-directory: "/home/nickrob/" -*-

If I then do M-x dired to another directory /home/nickrob/C say, then
default-directory has the value "/home/nickrob/C", but when I do grep from
there e.g

Run grep (like this): grep -nH -e enum *.c

I get:

-*- mode: grep; compilation-directory: "/home/nickrob/" -*-

but I want to know the directory that grep was started from.  Why should I
be interested in the current value of compilation-directory here?


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Nick                                           http://www.inet.net.nz/~nickrob