GNU bug report logs - #44983
Truncate long lines of grep output

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Message #98 received at 44983 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
Cc: 44983 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, bugs <at> gnu.support, dgutov <at> yandex.ru
Subject: Re: bug#44983: Truncate long lines of grep output
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 2020 17:11:41 +0200

> From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
> Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2020 22:42:13 +0200
> Cc: 44983 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
> 
> > I do not find it problematic. Grep is anyway kind of advanced tool. I
> > think that Emacs "Search for files (grep)" menu option is anyway not
> > user friendly.
> > ...
> > What would be more user friendly would be a form or wizard that would
> > specify if all files are to be searched or recursively, and what would
> > be the search term. That would degrade power of grep but it would be
> > more user friendly to many people.
> >
> > In my opinion I believe that majority of users who ever clicked
> > "Search Files (grep)" gave up after few attempts.
> 
> Indeed, "Search for files (grep)" menu option is not user friendly.

In what way is it not user-friendly?  It just invokes "M-x grep".

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