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25.1.50; Wishlist: It would be nice if the grep buffer had a history

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Message #17 received at 22627 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: eliz <at> gnu.org, 22627 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, larsi <at> gnus.org
Subject: Re: bug#22627: 25.1.50;
 Wishlist: It would be nice if the grep buffer had a history
Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2016 07:35:51 -0500

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   > . 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.

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Dr Richard Stallman
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