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   1 This package provides an Emacs interface to the command-line tool ack.
   2
   3 From <http://betterthangrep.com/>: ack is a tool like grep, designed
   4 for programmers with large trees of heterogeneous source code.  ack is
   5 written purely in Perl, and takes advantage of the power of Perl's
   6 regular expressions.
   7
   8 Usage:
   9 Type `M-x ack' and provide a pattern to search.
  10 Type `C-u M-x ack' to search from current project root.
  11 Type `C-u C-u M-x ack' to interactively choose a directory to search.
  12
  13 While reading ack command and args from the minibuffer, the following
  14 key bindings may be useful:
  15
  16 - `M-I' inserts a template for case-insensitive file name search
  17 - `M-G' inserts a template for `git grep', `hg grep' or `bzr grep'
  18 - `TAB' completes ack options
  19
  20 This package does not require `--nogroup' nor `--noheading'.
  21 Coloring is performed using the standard library ansi-color.el.
  22
  23 Screenshots:
  24 http://i.imgur.com/mrk8k.png
  25 http://i.imgur.com/a72Ap.png
  26 http://i.imgur.com/U2vFz.png
  27
  28 Bugs:
  29 https://github.com/leoliu/ack-el/issues
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  31 ack.el was written by Leo Liu, with contributions from Phillip Lord.