* lisp/replace.el (query-replace-read-from): Use `read-regexp' instead

of `read-from-minibuffer' when `regexp-flag' is non-nil.
(occur-read-primary-args): Use `read-regexp' instead of
`read-string'.
(multi-occur-in-matching-buffers): Use `read-regexp' instead of
`read-from-minibuffer'.
* lisp/isearch.el (isearch-occur): Use `read-regexp' instead of
`read-string'.
* lisp/dired.el (dired-read-regexp): Use `read-regexp' instead of
`read-from-minibuffer'.
* lisp/progmodes/grep.el (grep-read-regexp): Use `read-regexp' instead
of `read-string'.

Fixes: debbugs:7567

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index 3b4b06341c5..ccd8a6fe35b 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -750,6 +750,14 @@ in Emacs 24.1:
 **** `special-display-function'
 **** `display-buffer-function'
 
+** Minibuffer
+
+*** `read-regexp' has a new argument HISTORY; the first argument PROMPT
+of `read-regexp' accepts a string ending with a colon and space, and its
+second argument DEFAULTS can be a list of strings accessible via M-n
+in the minibuffer ahead of other hard-coded useful regexp-related values.
+More commands use `read-regexp' now to read their regexp arguments.
+
 ** Completion
 
 *** New function `completion-table-with-quoting' to handle completion