[debbugs-tracker] bug#14900: closed (24.2; no recursion support for directory-files)

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regarding 24.2; no recursion support for directory-files
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> 24.2; no recursion support for directory-files
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> Thu, 18 Jul 2013 12:29:03 -0500
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> Perhaps this is more of a missing feature report.
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> If i want to tell emacs to recurse from '.', and open every file that matches
> a certain pattern (a la `find`), i need to use a gnus function. See this code
> suggestion from 'jlf' in #emacs:
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> (remove-if-not (lambda (file) (string-match some-regexp file))
>                (gnus-recursive-directory-files default-directory) )
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> It surprized me that i'd have to have a huge pkg like gnus loaded to do
> something like this.
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> thanks,
> Eric
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> >> If i want to tell emacs to recurse from '.', and open every file that
> >> matches a certain pattern (a la `find`)
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> > What's wrong with find-lisp.el?
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> Yes, find-lisp-find-files seems to do precisely what was requested.
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