Andy Lester

FAQ: Explain how to search for searches starting with a hyphen

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Two choices: `ack -- --searchthing` or `ack --match=--searchthing`

Create an introductory page to give a crash course in ack

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We need something that aggregates usage tips into an introductory document. Things to cover include: * Filename selection and not using * * Setting up .ackrc and how filetypes work...

List Github issues URL on beyondgrep community page?

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From @n1vux at https://github.com/petdance/ack2/issues/577 If we want suggestions & bugs to appear here and questions on the mailing lists, maybe the /community/ page should list the github /petdance/ack2 or /petdance/ack2/issues...

One of the things that's most striking about ack when you first see it is how handy the color-coding is. Make a page of color-coded examples. Adapt the `regen` program...

Tools to add to other-tools page

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http://teh.id.au/posts/2017/10/03/announcing-hgrep/

Create a "which tool should I use when?" page

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There are many pros and cons to the various tools. Put together a page that lists the various pros and cons of each. Things to include might be: * ack...

Get Google Analytics on all pages

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The manual pages generated from pod2html don't have Google Analytics on them. Make it so.

Create an articles page

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This article by @nelstrom should go on the articles page. http://vimcasts.org/blog/2013/03/combining-vimgrep-with-ack--f/

Create a page for ack.vim

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Work with @mileszs to make an ack.vim page. It's on the More Tools page, but I think it needs a more prominent place on the site. https://github.com/mileszs/ack.vim/

Add screenshots

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Screenshots make everything come alive.