Include C++ files when grepping from a header (.h) file

3 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/emacs-blue b/emacs-blue
index 6f378c7..abd23e7 100644
--- a/emacs-blue
+++ b/emacs-blue
@@ -212,6 +212,12 @@
 (require 'flycheck)
 (global-flycheck-mode)
 
+;; replace ch alias fro grep with cchh alias, ie if starting with a ".h" file
+;; you might still want to search in cc files
+(eval-after-load "grep"
+  '(setf (cdr (assoc "ch" grep-files-aliases))
+         (cdr (assoc "cchh" grep-files-aliases))))
+
 (c-add-style
  "common c"
  '("gnu"
diff --git a/emacs-stark b/emacs-stark
index 27a5b27..97c064d 100644
--- a/emacs-stark
+++ b/emacs-stark
@@ -229,6 +229,12 @@
 (global-flycheck-mode)
 (setq flycheck-check-syntax-automatically '(save new-line))
 
+;; replace ch alias fro grep with cchh alias, ie if starting with a ".h" file
+;; you might still want to search in cc files
+(eval-after-load "grep"
+  '(setf (cdr (assoc "ch" grep-files-aliases))
+         (cdr (assoc "cchh" grep-files-aliases))))
+
 (c-add-style
  "common c"
  '("gnu"
diff --git a/emacs-willow b/emacs-willow
index 8ce5647..7642de9 100644
--- a/emacs-willow
+++ b/emacs-willow
@@ -243,6 +243,12 @@
 (when (not (display-graphic-p))
   (setq flycheck-indication-mode nil))
 
+;; replace ch alias fro grep with cchh alias, ie if starting with a ".h" file
+;; you might still want to search in cc files
+(eval-after-load "grep"
+  '(setf (cdr (assoc "ch" grep-files-aliases))
+         (cdr (assoc "cchh" grep-files-aliases))))
+
 (c-add-style
  "common c"
  '("gnu"