Chris,

Thanks for the  reply.

I have installed the GNUWin32 version of Grep

I assume this should work with Emacs :-(

On 23/01/07, Chris McMahan <first_initiallastname@one.dot.net> wrote:
>
> "Graham Smith" <myotisone@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > In emacs 22 on windows should grep work?
> > I am typing m-x grep which opens a line in the mini buffer that says
> > Run grep (like this): grep -n
> > and a message saying:  Grep started at Tue Jan 23 21:19:22
> > I then add, as shown in the grepmode wiki the following to the mini
> buffer
> > -e setq ~/.emacs
> > giving me a full line in the minibuffer of
> > Run grep (like this): grep -n -e setq ~/.emacs
> > hit return and get a message that says
> > 'grep' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
> > operable program or batch file.
> > Can anyone point out what I am doing wrong.
> > Many thanks,
> >
> > Graham
>
> Grep is not a native program with windows.
>
> I installed the cygwin unix environment on my xp machine, and have
> been successfully using the grep command from there for some time.
>
> www.cygwin.com
>
> - Chris McMahan
>
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