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From: | Juri Linkov |
Subject: | bug#13693: M-x grep should do some basic parameter checking |
Date: | Thu, 14 Feb 2013 11:23:23 +0200 |
User-agent: | Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) |
> JL> If you tend to forget the pattern or file argument there is a reliable > grep > JL> known as `M-x rgrep' that asks you what and where to search. > > Yes, I use that too. > > And that is what is causing me to even remember less that M-x grep needs > more arguments when I use it ! Then customize `grep-command' to something like "grep -nH -e pattern *" that would remind you to replace the default search string "pattern" and to replace "*" with actual file names to search.
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