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Software: DH-Grep-PM 1.0 (text search)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Don Hawkinson)
Thu Jun 5 10:57:35 1997
To: os2ann.DISCUSS@bloom-picayune.MIT.EDU
Date: 4 Jun 97 20:19:34 GMT
From: dwhawk@southwind.net (Don Hawkinson)
Reply-To: dwhawk@southwind.net (Don Hawkinson)
Reply-to: dwhawk@southwind.net (Don Hawkinson)
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Archive Name: dhg_100.zip
Program Description: a PM version of grep
Operating System Versions: OS/2 Warp and later
Program Source: Don Hawkinson, author
Replaces:
Your name: Don Hawkinson
Your email address: dwhawk@southwind.net
Proposed dir on HOBBES: /pub/os2/util/diskutil
Grep stands for "Get Regular Expression and Print" and is a text searching
tool that was first developed for UNIX systems and has been ported to most
operating systems.
This PM version of grep is designed as a user friendly application. It is
designed for a multitasking environment and the search takes place on a
separate thread to minimize the time that the wait icon is displayed. It will
also run in a low priority idle mode to reduce the impact the search has on
the other active programs.
The often cryptic command line options have been replaced with easy to use
menu selections. The output of the search is sent to a PM window and the user
has easy access to all of the information that was found by the program. To
reduce the overhead, the results are buffered until the search is completed
and then displayed in the PM window.
Most of the usage information is available as online context sensitive help.
Pressing the F1 key will bring up the help information about the current menu
selection.
If the user places the cursor (not the mouse pointer) on a file name in the
results window and then double clicks with the right mouse button, that file
will be loaded into the editor specified in the edit_cmd.cmd file. The
easiest way to move the cursor to the desired line or file name is to double
click on the line or file name with the left mouse button.
The shareware version of DH-Grep-PM is fully functional, but a registration
prompt will be displayed when the program is started and when it is closed.
Registration is $10 (US) and the registered version includes two additional
versions. One compiled for the 486 CPU and one compiled for the pentium/586
CPU.
Users may register the utility with BMT Micro
<http://www.bmtmicro.com>
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Don Hawkinson dwhawk@southwind.net
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