Re: Anything.el for Windows

[Sébastien Vauban]

Hi Tassilo,

>> To answer your question, no, `M-x anything' does not fire up
>> a `locate' process (checked with `top -d 0.1' - *correctly*
>> working under cygwin). I don't understand why.
>
> Strange. Could you please eval the following expression and
> report back what happens?
>
> (let ((buf "*locate*"))
>   (apply 'start-process "locate-process" buf
>          (append anything-c-locate-options
>                  (list "pattern")))
>   (pop-to-buffer buf)) ;; <-- Press `C-x C-e' behind the last closing
>                        ;;     parenthesis.

Yes, it does create a new buffer, in which the following is to
be found:

    ,----[ *locate* ]
    | /cygdrive/c/cygwin/lib/perl5/5.8/unicore/lib/gc_sc/PatternS.pl
    | /cygdrive/c/cygwin/lib/perl5/5.8/unicore/lib/gc_sc/PatternW.pl
    | /cygdrive/c/Program Files/Microsoft Visual Studio 
8/Xml/1033/Snippets/xsd/Attributes/pattern.snippet
    | /cygdrive/c/Program Files/Microsoft Visual Studio 
8/Xml/1033/Snippets/xsd/SimpleTypes/pattern.snippet
    | /cygdrive/z/.gimp-2.2/patterns
    |
    | Process locate-process finished
    `----

If I redo it, or change "pattern" into something else, it reacts
correctly (to my understanding of it), appending the new results
at the end of that same buffer.

Best regards,
  Seb

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Sébastien Vauban