Re: emacs 22.3.1 igrep issue

[Kevin Rodgers]

Kenneth Goldman wrote:
> With a new Windows platform, I'm trying to update emacs from 20.6 to 22.3.1.
>
> I have to get igrep working. I use it constantly. I see this error. I 
> can stay
> on 20.6, but it seems like a good time to upgrade if I can get 
> everything working.

Hi Ken, I'm the author of igrep.  But I stopped maintaining it back in 2005.

> 1 - The first few lines of output look like this, which means I can't 
> immediately start
> stepping through. I have to click on the igrep frame first.

igrep was just an interface to Emacs' compile:

      (compile-internal command (format "No more %s matches" program)
                        "Igrep" nil grep-regexp-alist)

So if the *igrep* buffer isn't selected, that's because of Emacs itself.

If you have an *igrep* frame, I think you must have frobbed
special-display-buffer-names (or similar customization).

Also, note that you don't _have_ to select the *igrep* buffer to visit
the matches: C-x ` (M-x next-error) works from any buffer.

> -*- mode: igrep; default-directory: "f:/emacs/" -*-
> Igrep started at Tue Mar 23 15:33:32
>
> grep -n -i -e copy f:/emacs/*.el NUL
> ... and then the matches ...

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Kevin Rodgers
Denver, Colorado, USA