GNU bug report logs - #13693
M-x grep should do some basic parameter checking

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Message #20 received at 13693 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org>
To: jidanni <at> jidanni.org
Cc: 13693 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#13693: M-x grep should do some basic parameter checking
Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2013 11:23:23 +0200

> 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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