[Top][All Lists]
[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
Re[2]: IDE features: M-x find-grep
From: |
Eric M. Ludlam |
Subject: |
Re[2]: IDE features: M-x find-grep |
Date: |
Sat, 3 May 2008 21:16:35 -0400 |
>>> Juri Linkov <address@hidden> seems to think that:
>> Yes, I use to say that they should be in the Edit menu every time we
>> discuss this ... ;-)
>>
>> Seriously, they are very useful and I see no reason not to put them
>> there. And `occur' and `multi-occur' should be there too, of course.
>>
>> There are lots of commands that are "worth putting in the menu" if we
>> judge by their usefulness. But if we put them all in the menu it will
>> be so big it is inconvenient to use. So arguing that "this command is
>> worth including" is not a good way to think about the question.
>
>The menu is not necessarily flat. Using submenus it would be possible
>to organize most useful commands in a convenient way. For instance,
>the "Search" menu could have submenus "Search files" for the grep family
>of commands, and "Search buffers" for the occur family of commands.
A better option is that the menu item might just be "find". Instead
of a singular minibuffer prompt to a specific grep command, a buffer
explaining different grep options could be provided. The cursor lands
on a text widget, and then the users types in the expression, and then
choses the right type of grep/find command from a selection of
buttons. An expert Emacs user would, of course, just type M-x
my-favorite-grep-command RET, but for a new user, this would cover all
the bases in one menu item.
Eric
--
Eric Ludlam: address@hidden
Siege: www.siege-engine.com Emacs: http://cedet.sourceforge.net
- Re: IDE features: M-x find-grep, Juri Linkov, 2008/05/02
- Re: IDE features: M-x find-grep, Richard M Stallman, 2008/05/04
- Re: IDE features: M-x find-grep, Juri Linkov, 2008/05/04
- RE: IDE features: M-x find-grep, Drew Adams, 2008/05/04
- Re: IDE features: M-x find-grep, Richard M Stallman, 2008/05/05
- Re: IDE features: M-x find-grep, Richard M Stallman, 2008/05/05
- Re: IDE features: M-x find-grep, Lennart Borgman (gmail), 2008/05/03