GNU bug report logs - #28615
25.3; rgrep, grep-read-files confusingly completes file names

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: ヌエルモリノ <vianchielfaura <at> gmail.com>

Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2017 07:03:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 25.3

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #13 received at 28615-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Allen Li <vianchielfaura <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 28615-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#28615: [PATCH] Clarify what grep-read-files wants
Date: Mon, 09 Oct 2017 16:41:23 +0300

> From: Allen Li <vianchielfaura <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2017 21:15:32 -0700
> 
> grep-read-files wants a filename glob, not a filename/path.
> 
> * lisp/progmodes/grep.el (grep-read-files): Clarify docstring.
>   Use file aliases for completion.
>   Clarify completing-read prompt.

Thanks, I installed a slightly different change for the first 2 parts,
but didn't change the function we pass to completing-read.

With that, I'm closing the bug report.
This bug report was last modified 7 years and 228 days ago.

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