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[Emacs-diffs] emacs-26 b58ecaf: Minor copyedits in efaq-w32


From: Eli Zaretskii
Subject: [Emacs-diffs] emacs-26 b58ecaf: Minor copyedits in efaq-w32
Date: Sat, 8 Jun 2019 11:49:26 -0400 (EDT)

branch: emacs-26
commit b58ecafcdc8e13537b21860a222d13c73c851e7c
Author: Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden>
Commit: Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden>

    Minor copyedits in efaq-w32
    
    * doc/misc/efaq-w32.texi (Grep, Recursive grep): More accurate
    description of using 'findstr' as a poor-man's replacement for
    'grep'.  Reported by 范凯 <address@hidden>
---
 doc/misc/efaq-w32.texi | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/misc/efaq-w32.texi b/doc/misc/efaq-w32.texi
index 8e067a7..cdd01e4 100644
--- a/doc/misc/efaq-w32.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/efaq-w32.texi
@@ -1820,7 +1820,8 @@ If you want a quick solution without installing extra 
tools, a poor
 substitute that works for simple text searches is to specify the built
 in Windows command @command{findstr} as the command to run at the
 @kbd{M-x grep} prompt.  Normally you will want to use the @option{/n}
-argument to @command{findstr}.
+argument to @command{findstr}, to have it print the line numbers for
+each hit.
 
 @menu
 * Recursive grep::
@@ -1860,7 +1861,8 @@ path to the findutils @command{find} command.
 An alternative if you have a recent version of grep is to customize
 @code{grep-find-command} to use @samp{grep -r} instead of both find
 and grep.  Another alternative if you don't need the full capabilities
-of grep is to use @samp{findstr /n /r}.
+of grep is to use @samp{findstr /n /r}; add the @samp{/s} option if
+you want a recursive search.
 
 @c ------------------------------------------------------------
 @node Developing with Emacs



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