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Re: M-x grep gets /dev/null automatically appended to the command


From: Francis Moreau
Subject: Re: M-x grep gets /dev/null automatically appended to the command
Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 10:13:41 +0200

Hello,

On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 6:04 PM, Lowell Gilbert <lgusenet@be-well.ilk.org> wrote:
> "Francis Moreau" <francis.moro@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> I have customized my grep-command variable this way:
>>
>> (setq grep-command "git --no-pager grep -n -e ")
>>
>> because I'm working in a git repo.
>>
>> But when I start the grep command (M-x grep), emacs appends
>> '/dev/null' to the git command:
>>
>> git --no-pager grep -n -e seq /dev/null
>>
>> Can anybody tell my what I'm doing wrong ?
>
> Check grep-use-null-device.
>

Indeed I force it to nil and it magically works. Thanks !

Other topic: it looks like you're using gnus and newsgroup to post/reply on this
list. Is it possible to CC me when you're replying ?

-- 
Francis




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