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bug#68697: Add option to not always use *grep* buffer when executing `gr
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
bug#68697: Add option to not always use *grep* buffer when executing `grep' or `vc-git-grep' command |
Date: |
Thu, 25 Jan 2024 09:24:50 +0200 |
> From: Nafiz Islam <nafiz.islam1001@gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2024 15:16:12 -0500
>
> The way `grep' and `vc-git-grep' works right now is that it will always
> output its result to a buffer called
> `*grep*'. So, if I perform another `grep' command, it will overwrite the
> previous grep result (unless I
> rename the buffer beforehand).
>
> I would like, at least, an option to create a new buffer each time a `grep'
> command is executed.
> Maybe each new buffer could be given the name based on the regexp or the grep
> shell command
> used.
Did you try to define a compilation-buffer-name-function that would do
what you want? Such a function can produce any buffer name you want.