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One character can be lost if colors are enabled

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From: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
To: Jaroslav Skarvada <jskarvad <at> redhat.com>
Cc: 15444 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#15444: One character can be lost if colors are enabled
Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2013 10:35:58 -0700

On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 6:34 AM, Jaroslav Skarvada <jskarvad <at> redhat.com> wrote:
> printf 'xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx1234xxxxxxxxx\n' | grep 1234 --color=always

Thank you for the report.
I confirm that setting GREP_COLORS=ne is a work-around.  Does that
have unwelcome side effects on any other type of terminal that you've
tried?

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