Re: grep and emacs

[Javier Oviedo]

Thanks for the cover. :-)  Unfortunately I did mean just grep. I have,
however, tried M-x grep in the past and it didn't/doesn't work. Apparently
it can't find a path to grep.exe. How can this be set? I will read the FAQ
to see if it has anything on this. Thanks.

"David Masterson" <David.Masterson@synopsys.com> wrote in message
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> >>>>> David Kastrup writes:
>
> > "Javier Oviedo" <email_joviedo@yahoo.com> writes:
> >> Is there a grep utility that I can use within emacs that will do a
> >> grep similar to how VisualC++ and codewright do it? I'd like to
> >> search a dir(gui is optional) and have all results display in a
> >> second window. By clicking on the file I'd like to open it in the
> >> original window.
>
> > You are lacking imagination.
>
> > M-x grep RET
>
> > will do the trick.  Middle click on any of the indicated lines.
>
> Careful -- he might've meant grep-find...  ;-)
>
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