Re: [jed-users] xjed STDIN?

[Tom Culliton <tom.culliton@xxxxxxxxx>]

That seems like a really indirect and verbose way of saying:

jed $(grep -l pattern *.c *.h)

or:

xjed $(grep -l pattern *.c *.h)

Or even for very large lists:

grep -l pattern *.c *.h | xargs jed



On Fri, Sep 23, 2016 at 9:17 PM, John E. Davis <jed@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Ulli Horlacher <framstag@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Is it possible to use xjed as a GUI pager for STDIN?
> > Something like:
> >
> > some commands ... | xjed -most
>
> If you add
>
> define read_from_stdin ()
> {
>    if (isatty (stdin))
>      return;
>
>    sw2buf ("*stdin*");
>    array_map (Void_Type, &insert, fgetslines(stdin));
>    bob ();
> }
>
> to your .jedrc file, then you can invoke xjed via:
>
>   $ some-command ... | xjed --read-from-stdin -f most_mode
>
> I use similar function:
>
> define stdin_files ()
> {
>    ifnot (bufferp ("*stdin*"))
>      return;
>
>    setbuf ("*stdin*");
>    bob ();
>
>    do
>      {
>         variable file = line_as_string ();
>         if (strlen (file))
>           {
>              () = find_file (file);
>              setbuf ("*stdin*");
>           }
>      }
>    while (down_1 ());
> }
>
> This function permits me to use jed as follows:
>
>    $ grep -l pattern *.c *.h | jed --stdin-files
>
> For xjed, you would need to combine the two functions:
>
>    $ grep -l pattern *.c *.h | xjed --read-from-stdin --stdin-files
>
> I hope this helps.
> --John
>
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