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Add lgrep + rgrep.

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*** Grep has been decoupled from compilation mode setup.

There's a new separate package grep.el, with its own submenu and
customization group.

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*** M-x grep provides highlighting support.

Hits are fontified in green, and hits in binary files in orange.  Grep buffers
can be saved and automatically revisited.

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*** `grep-find' is now also available under the name `find-grep' where
people knowing `find-grep-dired' would probably expect it.

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*** The new variables `grep-window-height', `grep-auto-highlight', and
`grep-scroll-output' override the corresponding compilation mode
settings, for grep commands only.

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*** New option `grep-highlight-matches' highlights matches in *grep*
buffer.  It uses a special feature of some grep programs which accept
--color option to output markers around matches.  When going to the next

70260:fbd84671cce3

*** Grep has been decoupled from compilation mode setup.

There's a new separate package grep.el, with its own submenu and
customization group.

+++
*** `grep-find' is now also available under the name `find-grep' where
people knowing `find-grep-dired' would probably expect it.

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*** New commands `lgrep' (local grep) and `rgrep' (recursive grep) are
more user-friendly versions of `grep' and `grep-find', which prompt
separately for the regular expression to match, the files to search,
and the base directory for the search (rgrep only).  Case sensitivitivy
of the search is controlled by the current value of `case-fold-search'.

These commands build the shell commands based on the new variables
`grep-template' (lgrep) and `grep-find-template' (rgrep).

The files to search can use aliases defined in `grep-files-aliases'.

Subdirectories listed in `grep-find-ignored-directories' such as those
typically used by various version control systems, like CVS and arch,
are automatically skipped by `rgrep'.

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*** The grep commands provide highlighting support.

Hits are fontified in green, and hits in binary files in orange.  Grep buffers
can be saved and automatically revisited.

---
*** The new variables `grep-window-height' and `grep-scroll-output' override
the corresponding compilation mode settings, for grep commands only.

+++
*** New option `grep-highlight-matches' highlights matches in *grep*
buffer.  It uses a special feature of some grep programs which accept
--color option to output markers around matches.  When going to the next