Re: Irritation in C-u M-x grep, caused by overprotectiveness

[Stefan Monnier]

>> I've also answered RMS's RFC from V1.65 from a year and 9 hours ago.  In
>> the process I've renamed `sh-arg-re' to `pattern-re' to make the code
>> more understandable.
>> 
>> Thank you.

> Well, thanks!  Should I install the patch or not, and if so to just the
> trunk or Emacs 22 as well?

> I think I should definitely install the comment enhancements.  But what
> about the prime change, i.e. causing grep to remember a filename
> argument like "$CC_FILESEL" when started with C-u M-x grep?  So far,
> only Stefan has commented - he didn't seem to think the change was good
> or bad.

Yes, I think the behavior implemented by your patch is correct.  I also
think it would be even better to implement the behavior I suggested, which
would cover your case as well as several others.


        Stefan