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Defaults for grep interface

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Message #8 received at 5282 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Jon Strait <jstrait <at> moonloop.net>
Cc: 5282 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#5282: Defaults for grep interface
Date: Thu, 03 Jun 2021 11:24:46 +0200

Jon Strait <jstrait <at> moonloop.net> writes:

> Many things here are inconsistent in the grep interface. The
> interactive lgrep and rgrep commands have a default using the basic RE
> format, while the grep command's default uses an extended RE
> format.

(I'm going through old bug reports that unfortunately got no response at
the time.)

Looking at this in Emacs 28, as far as I can tell, all these commands
default to using the same basic/extended settings now, but I may be
looking at the wrong thing here.  Are you still seeing these issues in
recent Emacs versions?

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