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.
next prev parent 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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