Changing the way the results window looks
The results window provides options for customising its appearance. Between them
they allow it to be tailored to your exact requirements prior to saving its
contents.
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Plain/Fancy: This toggles the use of colors for the window heading and
separators. (default: fancy)
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File contents: This toggles the display of file contents and is useful
when you want view a plain list of files, which can then be saved for further
processing (default: on)
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File names: This toggles the display of file names. Disabling the display
of contents and names results in a blank window. (default: on)
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Line numbers: Enable or disable the display of line numbers at the start
of each line (default: on)
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Whole line: This option provides the ability to view matches only, or
entire lines containing matches (default: on)
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Word wrap: Selecting this will cause long lines to be wrapped at the
right of the window. (default: off)
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Fixed font: This option is useful for displaying results from files with
tabs in them, for example program source code (default: off)
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Match window: Windows Grep can display matching lines only, or a number
of lines each side of matching lines as well. The links 0-5 select the number of
lines to be displayed. (default: 0)
In addition, right-clicking on the results window displays a menu to toggle
the display of the title bar and menu.
To further tailor its appearance you can edit Windows
Grep's stylesheet