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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: 44409@debbugs.gnu.org, jidanni@jidanni.org
Subject: bug#44409: Example in manual no longer works
Date: Tue, 03 Nov 2020 09:16:58 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <31F4D2BA-185A-484B-845D-8C812B2D9B30@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87mtzzj9fa.5.fsf@jidanni.org>

On November 3, 2020 7:28:41 AM GMT+02:00, "積丹尼 Dan Jacobson" <jidanni@jidanni.org> wrote:
> (info "(emacs) Grep Searching") Says
> 
>    For instance, you can chain ‘grep’ commands, like this: ...
> 
> But the example it then gives is for older emacs versions.
> 
> Newer emacs versions' grep string contains "--null" (proof: try
> $ emacs -f grep
> ) which will cause the example to fail.
> 
> How can one rewrite the example to work with newer emacs versions?

I just tried the example in the manual with a recent version of Enacs, and the example works just fine.  So in what sense doesn't the example work for you?  And what is the significance of --null for this purpose?

IOW, I see no reason to rewrite the example.





  reply	other threads:[~2020-11-03  7:16 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-11-03  5:28 bug#44409: Example in manual no longer works 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson
2020-11-03  7:16 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2020-11-03  7:47   ` 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson
2020-11-03 11:16     ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-11-03 23:32       ` 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson
2020-11-04  3:24         ` Eli Zaretskii

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