1 This package provides an Emacs interface to the command-line tool ack.
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
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.
13 While reading ack command and args from the minibuffer, the following
14 key bindings may be useful:
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
20 This package does not require `--nogroup' nor `--noheading'.
21 Coloring is performed using the standard library ansi-color.el.
24 http://i.imgur.com/mrk8k.png
25 http://i.imgur.com/a72Ap.png
26 http://i.imgur.com/U2vFz.png
29 https://github.com/leoliu/ack-el/issues
31 ack.el was written by Leo Liu, with contributions from Phillip Lord.