Re: Grep Searching node in building.texi

[Juri Linkov]

> I checked the node `Grep Searching' and want to propose the following
> corrections.  I think mentioning the `-nH' option is essential
> (and also I find the phrase `where there were' too clumsy).

Grep commands are described in the node `Grep Searching' but their
headings currently are located in the node `Compilation'.
This diverges from the documentation standard where nodes start with
headings containing a command name and short description, and the rest
of the node provides more complete description.

Even though grep-mode is based on compilation-mode, this fact is
already mentioned in the beginning of `Grep Searching', and any
mention of grep in the node `Compilation' is irrelevant.

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  @item M-x recompile
  Invoke a compiler with the same command as in the last invocation of
  @kbd{M-x compile}.
- @item M-x grep
- Run @code{grep} asynchronously under Emacs, with matching lines
- listed in the buffer named @samp{*grep*}.
- @item M-x grep-find
- @itemx M-x find-grep
- Run @code{grep} via @code{find}, with user-specified arguments, and
- collect output in the buffer named @samp{*grep*}.
  @item M-x kill-compilation
! @itemx M-x kill-grep
! Kill the running compilation or @code{grep} subprocess.
  @end table
  
  @findex compile
--- 48,55 ----
  @item M-x recompile
  Invoke a compiler with the same command as in the last invocation of
  @kbd{M-x compile}.
  @item M-x kill-compilation
! Kill the running compilation subprocess.
  @end table
  
  @findex compile
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  @node Grep Searching
  @section Searching with Grep under Emacs
  
- @findex grep
    Just as you can run a compiler from Emacs and then visit the lines
  with compilation errors, you can also run @code{grep} and
  then visit the lines on which matches were found.  This works by
  treating the matches reported by @code{grep} as if they were ``errors.''
  
!   To do this, type @kbd{M-x grep}, then enter a command line that
  specifies how to run @code{grep}.  Use the same arguments you would give
  @code{grep} when running it normally: a @code{grep}-style regexp
  (usually in single-quotes to quote the shell's special characters)
--- 315,339 ----
  @node Grep Searching
  @section Searching with Grep under Emacs
  
    Just as you can run a compiler from Emacs and then visit the lines
  with compilation errors, you can also run @code{grep} and
  then visit the lines on which matches were found.  This works by
  treating the matches reported by @code{grep} as if they were ``errors.''
  
! @table @kbd
! @item M-x grep
! Run @code{grep} asynchronously under Emacs, with matching lines
! listed in the buffer named @samp{*grep*}.
! @item M-x grep-find
! @itemx M-x find-grep
! Run @code{grep} via @code{find}, with user-specified arguments, and
! collect output in the buffer named @samp{*grep*}.
! @item M-x kill-grep
! Kill the running @code{grep} subprocess.
! @end table
! 
! @findex grep
!   To run @code{grep}, type @kbd{M-x grep}, then enter a command line that
  specifies how to run @code{grep}.  Use the same arguments you would give
  @code{grep} when running it normally: a @code{grep}-style regexp
  (usually in single-quotes to quote the shell's special characters)

-- 
Juri Linkov
http://www.jurta.org/emacs/