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25.0.50; grep and grep-find templates should have a place holder for the --color argument

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Message #65 received at 20728 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
To: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
Cc: 20728 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#20728: 25.0.50; grep and grep-find templates should have a
 place holder for the --color argument
Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2015 12:49:45 +0300

On 06/05/2015 01:50 AM, Juri Linkov wrote:

> I guess you need reusing the grep command line for purposes
> other than highlighting its matches in the output buffer, right?

Yep, to run it and parse the output programmatically.

> Some time ago additional grep options (including "--color=auto")
> were set in env GREP_OPTIONS were they could be easily changed,
> but not anymore after 2e4c2fe2787785a421f256541de642976e9bd90b.

Thanks for the background.

> So maybe now we should add a place holder for grep options
> in the template and use it the same way as we used GREP_OPTIONS.

Indeed. I'm inclined toward <O>, for "additional Options".

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