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Re: Add lgrep/rgrep commands to Edit > Search submenu


From: Kim F. Storm
Subject: Re: Add lgrep/rgrep commands to Edit > Search submenu
Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2009 23:43:04 +0100
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux)

Juri Linkov <address@hidden> writes:

>> I find lgrep / rgrep rather useful as an editing tool -- but parhaps
>> that is because I have the "replace grep match" add-on which I find is
>> one of the most efficient extensions to emacs (it was rejected last time
>> I proposed this - so I'm not going to propose it again).
>>
>> ;;; grep-x.el -- search and replace interface using grep output.
>
> I guess the problem with grep-x.el is that it doesn't provide a familiar
> user interface like in query-replace.  Maybe a better interface would be
> using tags-query-replace with a list of files grep matched?

That's a nice idea - I'll take a look at it.

But if you ever used "vi", the n="next match", .="repeat last change" is a 
very familiar interface .... one that I really miss in Emacs :-)

-- 
Kim F. Storm <address@hidden> http://www.cua.dk





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