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authorEli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>2017-10-09 16:39:25 +0300
committerEli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>2017-10-09 16:39:25 +0300
commit0c36663db51ff4185eb1484aa5d574be23860424 (patch)
tree46a296ab1a9e319707fc5876032b3ea8de19c52f
parent2da83c9d3630702ed10f54e890709d1afdb6585f (diff)
downloademacs-0c36663db51ff4185eb1484aa5d574be23860424.tar.gz
Improve doc string and prompt of 'grep-read-files'
* lisp/progmodes/grep.el (grep-read-files): Clarify in the doc string and in the prompt that shell wildcards can be used. Suggested by Allen Li <vianchielfaura@gmail.com>. (Bug#28615)
-rw-r--r--lisp/progmodes/grep.el5
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/progmodes/grep.el b/lisp/progmodes/grep.el
index 01bdb04714f..d0404fdeaf4 100644
--- a/lisp/progmodes/grep.el
+++ b/lisp/progmodes/grep.el
@@ -903,7 +903,8 @@ substitution string. Note dynamic scoping of variables.")
(read-regexp "Search for" 'grep-tag-default 'grep-regexp-history))
(defun grep-read-files (regexp)
- "Read files arg for interactive grep."
+ "Read a file-name pattern arg for interactive grep.
+The pattern can include shell wildcards."
(let* ((bn (or (buffer-file-name)
(replace-regexp-in-string "<[0-9]+>\\'" "" (buffer-name))))
(fn (and bn
@@ -936,7 +937,7 @@ substitution string. Note dynamic scoping of variables.")
(car (car grep-files-aliases))))
(files (completing-read
(concat "Search for \"" regexp
- "\" in files"
+ "\" in files matching wildcard"
(if default (concat " (default " default ")"))
": ")
'read-file-name-internal