(read-regexp): Add second arg `default'. Doc fix.

(occur-read-primary-args): Use `(car regexp-history)'
as the second arg of `read-regexp'.

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/replace.el b/lisp/replace.el
index 2572125b052..086380ffc4c 100644
--- a/lisp/replace.el
+++ b/lisp/replace.el
@@ -522,15 +522,14 @@ which will run faster and will not set the mark or print anything."
 Maximum length of the history list is determined by the value
 of `history-length', which see.")
 
-(defun read-regexp (prompt)
+(defun read-regexp (prompt &optional default)
   "Read regexp as a string using the regexp history and some useful defaults.
-Prompt for a regular expression with PROMPT in the minibuffer.
-Provide the last element of the regexp history as the basic default,
-and return it on typing RET.  Additional defaults are the string
-at point, the last isearch regexp, the last isearch string, and the
-last replacement regexp.  Return the regexp as a string."
-  (let* ((default (car regexp-history))
-         (defaults
+Prompt for a regular expression with PROMPT (without a colon and
+space) in the minibuffer.  The optional string argument DEFAULT
+provides the basic default value, that is returned on typing RET.
+Additional defaults are the string at point, the last isearch regexp,
+the last isearch string, and the last replacement regexp."
+  (let* ((defaults
            (list (regexp-quote
                   (or (funcall (or find-tag-default-function
                                    (get major-mode 'find-tag-default-function)
@@ -1022,7 +1021,8 @@ which means to discard all text properties."
       (nreverse result))))
 
 (defun occur-read-primary-args ()
-  (list (read-regexp "List lines matching regexp")
+  (list (read-regexp "List lines matching regexp"
+                     (car regexp-history))
         (when current-prefix-arg
           (prefix-numeric-value current-prefix-arg))))