Re: IDE features: M-x find-grep

[Juri Linkov]

>     Yes, I use to say that they should be in the Edit menu every time we
>     discuss this ... ;-)
>
>     Seriously, they are very useful and I see no reason not to put them
>     there. And `occur' and `multi-occur' should be there too, of course.
>
> There are lots of commands that are "worth putting in the menu" if we
> judge by their usefulness.  But if we put them all in the menu it will
> be so big it is inconvenient to use.  So arguing that "this command is
> worth including" is not a good way to think about the question.

The menu is not necessarily flat.  Using submenus it would be possible
to organize most useful commands in a convenient way.  For instance,
the "Search" menu could have submenus "Search files" for the grep family
of commands, and "Search buffers" for the occur family of commands.

-- 
Juri Linkov
http://www.jurta.org/emacs/