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Changes for version 1.60 - 2007-03-09

  • FIXES
    • ack should behave better when running under a shell now.
  • ENHANCEMENTS
    • ack now recognizes makefiles and Visual Basic files.
    • Added new extensions for Mason per http://masonhq.com/?FAQ:ServerConfiguration#h-what_filename_extensions_should_i_use_for_mason_components_ Thanks, Elias Lutfallah.
    • Added .rxml to --ruby. Thanks, Ian Langworth.
    • Added .php3, .php4 and .php5 to --php5. Added --jsp extensions. Thanks, Stephen Steneker.
    • Teeny speed optimizations on some regexes.
    • Changed App::Ack::should_ignore to ::is_searchable() (and reversed the meaning).
    • Added error checking on file closes.
    • Improved how it knows if it's running interactive by stealing is_interactive() from IO::Interactive.
  • DOCUMENTATION
    • Added example of using with vim. Thanks, Mark Stosberg.

Documentation

ack
grep-like text finder
ack
grep-like text finder

Modules

A container for functions for the ack program