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diff --git a/lisp/locate.el b/lisp/locate.el index c4dbe2af02b..008d65e055f 100644 --- a/lisp/locate.el +++ b/lisp/locate.el @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ ;; Search a database of files and use dired commands on the result. ;; ;; Locate.el provides an interface to a program which searches a -;; database of file names. By default, this program is the GNU locate +;; database of file names. By default, this program is the GNU locate ;; command, but it could also be the BSD-style find command, or even a ;; user specified command. ;; @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ ;; To use a more complicated expression, create a function which ;; takes a string (the name to find) as input and returns a list. ;; The first element should be the command to be executed, the remaining -;; elements should be the arguments (including the name to find). Then put +;; elements should be the arguments (including the name to find). Then put ;; ;; (setq locate-make-command-line 'my-locate-command-line) ;; @@ -47,25 +47,25 @@ ;; my-locate-command-line. ;; ;; You should make sure that whichever command you use works correctly -;; from a shell prompt. GNU locate and BSD find expect the file databases +;; from a shell prompt. GNU locate and BSD find expect the file databases ;; to either be in standard places or located via environment variables. ;; If the latter, make sure these environment variables are set in ;; your emacs process. ;; ;; Locate-mode assumes that each line output from the locate-command ;; consists exactly of a file name, possibly preceded or trailed by -;; whitespace. If your file database has other information on the line (for +;; whitespace. If your file database has other information on the line (for ;; example, the file size), you will need to redefine the function ;; `locate-get-file-positions' to return a list consisting of the first ;; character in the file name and the last character in the file name. ;; ;; To use locate-mode, simply type M-x locate and then the string -;; you wish to find. You can use almost all of the dired commands in +;; you wish to find. You can use almost all of the dired commands in ;; the resulting *Locate* buffer. It is worth noting that your commands -;; do not, of course, affect the file database. For example, if you +;; do not, of course, affect the file database. For example, if you ;; compress a file in the locate buffer, the actual file will be ;; compressed, but the entry in the file database will not be -;; affected. Consequently, the database and the filesystem will be out +;; affected. Consequently, the database and the filesystem will be out ;; of sync until the next time the database is updated. ;; ;; The command `locate-with-filter' keeps only lines matching a |