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Re: Assignment of misc packages for emacs
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Kim F. Storm |
Subject: |
Re: Assignment of misc packages for emacs |
Date: |
17 May 2002 12:47:27 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2.50 |
"Stefan Monnier" <monnier+gnu/address@hidden> writes:
> > I've never liked M-x grep for the very reason that I have to edit the
> > command.
>
> I like it precisely because I can write any command I want ;-)
Sure -- that's fine when you need it.
But most of the time, I dislike the interface...
I think the consensus is that it would be ok to provide an alternative
user interface (to grep-find) which prompts in a more "user friendly" way.
> > One additional trick is that M-x match prompts you for the directory
> > using ido-read-directory, meaning that it is very easy to navigate to
> > a completely different base directory.
>
> Hopefully we can merge some of that functionality into eshell's
> command completion and use eshell's completion for M-x grep (and
> M-! and M-| and M-x compile and ...).
>
> > Right. I'll look at the new grep code (I wasn't aware that grep had been
> > rewritten) as well as my own code again to see whether I can enhance the
> > standard code rather than add a separate package.
>
> It hasn't been rewritten at all. I've just slightly improved the default
> command offered when you hit C-u M-x grep. A couple one-liners at most.
>
> > BTW, M-x match uses jit-lock to fontify the matches in the *Match*
> > buffer.
>
> It would be great to use jit-lock for *compilation* buffers as well,
> but a lot more work than for the specific case you're dealing with :-(
>
> > And when you visit a match, it is temporarily highlighted in
> > the target buffer (using an overlay).
>
> That might be a good feature as well. I have a similar feature for
> sml-mode where the compiler's output includes a start and end point
> for errors (the type-inference algorithm used by the language means
> that some type errors are difficult for the compiler to locate).
> But it's an ugly hack. We should make such support more widespread
> for all compilation buffers.
That would be great.
If C-x ` could just (temporarily) highlight the error line, it would
be fine for most modes -- if other modes (like grep) wants to refine
this, it should be made simple.
It could be based on a "compile-highlight-target-regexp" which would
be something like "^.*$" by default. And if it is set to a symbol,
that could a function to call to do the highlighting (or nil to turn
it off).
>
> > I wasn't aware of the HierarKey feature (it's a very well hidden "fact").
> > It compares almost 1:1 ... except I don't like HierarKey menus
> > to show the full key bindings, e.g.
> >
> > Set face: default (M-g d), bold (M-g b), italic (M-g i), l =
> > bold-italic (M-g l), undeline (M-g u), Other ... (M-g o)
>
> I tend to agre. Maybe we should just change it. Or move the M-g prefix
> to the beginning of the line (so it appears only once).
I don't see the need to show the prefix at all (I just typed
it to get the menu).
I'll make the change and see what people think [can always be reverted].
--
Kim F. Storm <address@hidden> http://www.cua.dk
- Re: Assignment of misc packages for emacs, (continued)
- Re: Assignment of misc packages for emacs, Stefan Monnier, 2002/05/15
- Re: Assignment of misc packages for emacs, Andreas Schwab, 2002/05/15
- Re: Assignment of misc packages for emacs, Kim F. Storm, 2002/05/16
- Re: Assignment of misc packages for emacs, Stefan Monnier, 2002/05/16
- Re: Assignment of misc packages for emacs, Eli Zaretskii, 2002/05/17
- Re: Assignment of misc packages for emacs, Miles Bader, 2002/05/17
- Re: Assignment of misc packages for emacs, Andreas Schwab, 2002/05/17
- Re: Assignment of misc packages for emacs, Miles Bader, 2002/05/17
- Re: Assignment of misc packages for emacs, Eli Zaretskii, 2002/05/17
- Re: Assignment of misc packages for emacs, Miles Bader, 2002/05/17
- Re: Assignment of misc packages for emacs,
Kim F. Storm <=
- Re: Assignment of misc packages for emacs, Stefan Monnier, 2002/05/17
- Re: Assignment of misc packages for emacs, Kim F. Storm, 2002/05/17
- Re: Assignment of misc packages for emacs, Miles Bader, 2002/05/17
- Re: Assignment of misc packages for emacs, Miles Bader, 2002/05/17
- Re: Assignment of misc packages for emacs, Richard Stallman, 2002/05/18
- Re: Assignment of misc packages for emacs, Kim F. Storm, 2002/05/18
- Re: Assignment of misc packages for emacs, Richard Stallman, 2002/05/19
- Re: Assignment of misc packages for emacs, Stefan Monnier, 2002/05/18
- Re: Assignment of misc packages for emacs, Richard Stallman, 2002/05/19
- Re: Assignment of misc packages for emacs, Miles Bader, 2002/05/16