RE: Grep key bindings

[Drew Adams]

Yes, most users use `grep' and `compile' frequently.
And many users bind them to keys they like.
Does that mean Emacs should pre-bind them?

I personally don't think we need a predefined global binding for `grep' or
`compile'. It's not hard for users to do that on their own, using exactly the
keys they want.


FWIW -

I find that I often reuse the same grep output buffer for a different grep
command - changing either the pattern or the file list (e.g. */*.el vs *.el) or
both.

So I bind `g' in the *grep* buffer to `grep'. That's different from what Emacs
does by default, which is to bind `g' to `recompile', which just repeats the
last compile command exactly.

I also bind `+' to a command that renames the current grep buffer to *grep*<N>
and pops to a new buffer *grep*.