How to do 'search for keyword in files' in emacs in Windows without cygwin?
- by Anthony Kong
I want to search for keyword, says 'action', in a bunch of files in my Windows PC with Emacs.
It is partly because I want to learn more advanced features of emacs. It is also because the Windows PC is locked down by company policy. I cannot install useful applications like cygwin at will.
So I tried this command: M-x rgrep
It throws the…