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How can I modify the default FILES pattern in rgrep for C++ mode?

For C mode the default is *.[ch]. For C++, it is *.cc *.cxx *.cpp *.C *.CC *.c++.

I would like to change it to *.cc *.[ch]xx *.[ch]pp *.[CHh] *.CC *.HH *.[ch]++.

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M-xcustomize-variableRETgrep-files-aliases and then use the interface to change the value of this variable.

Alternatively, you could put:

(setf (cdr (assoc "cc" grep-files-aliases))
      (assoc "cchh" grep-files-aliases))

For future reference, you could have looked up the help for rgrep (by typing C-h frgrep) where it says:

Recursively grep for REGEXP in FILES in directory tree rooted at DIR. The search is limited to file names matching shell pattern FILES. FILES may use abbreviations defined in grep-files-aliases, e.g. entering ch is equivalent to *.[ch].

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  • I had to use `(eval-after-load "grep" '(setf (cdr (assoc "cc" grep-files-aliases)) (cdr (assoc "cchh" grep-files-aliases))))`, because `grep-files-aliases` was void while loading my init file. – 0x5453 Aug 12 '16 at 13:52
  • @0x5453 Right, I didn't think `grep` package wouldn't be loaded by default. – wvxvw Aug 13 '16 at 14:27
  • When I add the above to my `init.el` file I get the following message upon using `rgrep`: `split-string: Wrong type argument: stringp, ("cchh" . "*.cc *.[ch]xx *.[ch]pp *.[CHh] *.CC *.HH *.[ch]++")` – Wouter Beek Oct 12 '17 at 18:10