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bug#22627: 25.1.50; Wishlist: It would be nice if the grep buffer had a
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Drew Adams |
Subject: |
bug#22627: 25.1.50; Wishlist: It would be nice if the grep buffer had a history |
Date: |
Fri, 12 Feb 2016 06:42:55 -0800 (PST) |
>> . You can automatically rename the current grep buffer to reflect
>> the args using
>> (add-hook 'grep-mode-hook 'grepp-rename-buffer-to-last-no-confirm)
>>
>> . You can rename it thus on demand using `r'.
>>
>> . `+' renames current grep buffer uniquely (without the args) and
>> switches to buffer `*grep*'
>>
>> . `b' reads a grep buffer name and switches to that buffer. A grep
>> buffer here is any buffer whose name matches `'\\*grep\\*', which
>> includes those whose names include the arguments.
>
> It would be nice to put buttons at the start of the buffer
> to do some of these things. That way, users would not need
> to remember commands for them.
Maybe. But there is something to be said for keeping the buffer
content as just `grep' output. In `grep+.el' I've added the commands
to the menu-bar `Grep' menu instead. (And there is `C-h m', which
mentions the keys in my version of `grep'.)
https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/download/grep%2b.el