Re: M-x grep prompt: fill in the * for us

[Kevin Rodgers]

Hanak David wrote:

> On Thu, 19 Jun 2003, Johan Bockgård wrote:
> > Kevin Rodgers <ihs_4664@yahoo.com> writes:
> > > Even better would be *.foo, where foo is the extension of the visited file.
> > And that's what C-u M-x grep already does.
>
> Not really.
>
> ,----[ C-h f grep RET ]
> | [...]
> | A prefix argument says to default the argument based upon the current
> | tag the cursor is over, substituting it into the last grep command
> | in the grep command history (or into `grep-command'
> | if that history list is empty).
> `----
>
> Dan's request deals with the filename, not with the pattern.

Even though the doc string doesn't mention it, the file name pattern defaults
as desired as well (when a prefix arg is specified).

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