Re: custom rgrep with multi dirs

[Kevin Rodgers]

Xah wrote:
> I have this function:
>
> (defun xah-find-word-usage (myword)
>   "Grep a dir for a word's usage."
>   (interactive "sWord to search: ")
>   ;;(require 'grep)
>   (rgrep myword "*\\.html" "~/web/p")
> )
>
> However, if i call if for the first time, i get
> “grep-expand-template: Wrong type argument: stringp, nil”.
>
> But if i have used rgrep before in this session, then it works.
>
> I guess i need the (require 'grep) but that didn't help. Any hints?

Just a guess: call grep-compute-defaults in your interactive form,
just like all the commands defined in grep.el.

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Kevin Rodgers
Denver, Colorado, USA