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bug#7378: 23.2; grep buffer misinterprets result if filename contains co
From: |
Stefan Monnier |
Subject: |
bug#7378: 23.2; grep buffer misinterprets result if filename contains colon character |
Date: |
Wed, 07 Sep 2011 22:52:12 -0400 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
> The only way to do this reliably with GNU grep is to ask it to output
> escape sequences around file names and line numbers. From `man grep':
> fn=35 SGR substring for file names prefixing any content line.
> The default is a magenta text foreground over the terminal's
> default background.
> ln=32 SGR substring for line numbers prefixing any content line.
> The default is a green text foreground over the terminal's
> default background.
> Then `grep-filter' could find these escape sequences and highlight,
> and `grep-regexp-alist' could calculate column positions of the highlighted
> file names and line numbers.
> Is it worth a try?
Feel free to try, but not for 24.1. And please try and quantify the
performance impact (if any), because M-x grep is already too slow.
Stefan