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X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::11 X-Spam-Score: -4.0 (----) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: submit X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -5.0 (-----) Reproduce: 1. mkdir -p /tmp/tmp 2. echo foo >/tmp/tmp/tmp 1. emacs -Q 2. M-x rgrep RET foo RET * RET /tmp/tmp RET 3. Move point onto the first colon in ./tmp:1:foo and press C-u C-x = 3. Move point onto the first colon in ./tmp:1:foo and press C-u C-x = For the commands that actually run grep, like M-x grep, both of these colons are actually colons. For rgrep (and I would guess the other commands implemented in Emacs Lisp), the first colon is a NUL byte displayed as a colon. This breaks wgrep.el for rgrep, which parses for the two colons in each line. In GNU Emacs 26.1 (build 1, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.22.30) of 2018-07-05 built on juergen Windowing system distributor 'The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.12001000 Configured using: 'configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --libexecdir=/usr/lib --localstatedir=/var --with-x-toolkit=gtk3 --with-xft --with-modules 'CFLAGS=-march=x86-64 -mtune=generic -O2 -pipe -fstack-protector-strong -fno-plt' CPPFLAGS=-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 LDFLAGS=-Wl,-O1,--sort-common,--as-needed,-z,relro,-z,now' Configured features: XPM JPEG TIFF GIF PNG RSVG IMAGEMAGICK SOUND GPM DBUS GSETTINGS NOTIFY ACL GNUTLS LIBXML2 FREETYPE M17N_FLT LIBOTF XFT ZLIB TOOLKIT_SCROLL_BARS GTK3 X11 MODULES THREADS LIBSYSTEMD LCMS2 Important settings: value of $LANG: en_US.UTF-8 locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Thu Sep 20 20:50:11 2018 Received: (at 32791) by debbugs.gnu.org; 21 Sep 2018 00:50:11 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:47496 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1g39e7-00026K-HI for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 20 Sep 2018 20:50:11 -0400 Received: from mail-io1-f51.google.com ([209.85.166.51]:33413) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1g39e6-000261-1m for 32791@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 20 Sep 2018 20:50:10 -0400 Received: by mail-io1-f51.google.com with SMTP id r196-v6so10540876iod.0 for <32791@debbugs.gnu.org>; Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:50:09 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=felesatra-moe.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=xTTqI8Kp3DJ2FIsBOU3tKhk/DRjALaLbmkF9bdav3uo=; b=xgqidoP6hRq305Fiy9wydU+hyVmPtKdbYA3IbEPowBwmCr707ZBahuEHt7vQjX3uCz jE8jajR9DK7lfCmugNIzkKm/V9D5iCAjPsxigr5iImk+QMkiDCUkjX72eVYdLm7yodPC nN54M7sIU90bM1SWGWw+7Y5f0p5UNlh0YOXvnfKAbIHuKw01UuXHSrT2478cCvzLzt6G evXjvV30yJEkcxo4NjIhMQSUDFJUJlWjwcEEmbnZ2w7NiXIQggjFFSs8VGVy57pxZe2L vyyrmPFwh/VGQwLmN3nDF5ntnA8b10n2LGO5cZh9EmIIef7IrERbFFKHPP072XxNINt5 U1jA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=xTTqI8Kp3DJ2FIsBOU3tKhk/DRjALaLbmkF9bdav3uo=; b=B0k0Jw5/3GNvB1buhNzYEjlgoDnc7l+7iTPCnge3+R4j8cdvbmKSIRXgAasOKQiHF6 Gryduki2vnGfn10gAliEz7hIgMgnIb0S+xayEPCvZxpUstfuOid0vp5QyeDl8ysJgPen 5Bf+q5XEye/FBIr42BcSyUJgyeCOFVkJvFhkQQU7kaK0m5Hr9RwryxwSL6IfT+Pt7qLr qtO1+9p9Hgxke8/74NlWtAVUIFEnuoxjMNl31yON2US0wYEvWzYReE4CDd6ar2C4D3Dv YCV5Be4GLtmj+duKrjLGsrk0idHqSgEw6RJQ4qLdsrJhLfhiJcQSC37Hue+5n+lsvrYV A2qQ== X-Gm-Message-State: APzg51CPAn3GjPpto4obeKQbGmnBElzji0se3oBIvZaOgi6kT4PsJZhO dW3zhPiLzKDcfzLZAvrqsXRQiNo+xsjU8OCzOut4PdLq X-Google-Smtp-Source: ANB0VdaR8QjIFSXTaJ6zpSTKyqc1deMrtpIJTfhQKuq8bmQEl8Vc7GzGe2DYNrZYx8LaFqn18vm5/tt1PvENKtWvFCY= X-Received: by 2002:a24:bc84:: with SMTP id n126-v6mr4020256ite.152.1537491003983; Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:50:03 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 From: Allen Li Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:49:52 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: 26.1; rgrep uses null byte instead of colon separator To: 32791@debbugs.gnu.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 32791 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -1.0 (-) After doing a bit more research, I realized that grep using a null byte separator is intended behavior. I'll file a separate bug upstream for wgrep.el. I'm not sure if there are some improvements that could be made to grep-mode to facilitate use cases such as wgrep.el, but I think this bug can be closed now. From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Fri Sep 21 02:59:48 2018 Received: (at 32791-done) by debbugs.gnu.org; 21 Sep 2018 06:59:48 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:47608 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1g3FPn-0003Qy-Qw for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 21 Sep 2018 02:59:48 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:36281) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1g3FPl-0003Ql-Gc for 32791-done@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 21 Sep 2018 02:59:45 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1g3FPb-0002FT-Lq for 32791-done@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 21 Sep 2018 02:59:40 -0400 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on eggs.gnu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=disabled version=3.3.2 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:46708) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1g3FPb-0002EL-Bp; Fri, 21 Sep 2018 02:59:35 -0400 Received: from [176.228.60.248] (port=4239 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1g3FPa-0002Ok-KB; Fri, 21 Sep 2018 02:59:35 -0400 Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2018 09:59:21 +0300 Message-Id: <83y3bvcp4m.fsf@gnu.org> From: Eli Zaretskii To: Allen Li In-reply-to: (message from Allen Li on Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:49:52 -0700) Subject: Re: bug#32791: 26.1; rgrep uses null byte instead of colon separator References: X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e X-Spam-Score: -5.0 (-----) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 32791-done Cc: 32791-done@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -6.0 (------) > From: Allen Li > Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:49:52 -0700 > > After doing a bit more research, I realized that grep using a null > byte separator is intended behavior. Right. > I'll file a separate bug upstream for wgrep.el. I'm not sure if there > are some improvements that could be made to grep-mode to facilitate > use cases such as wgrep.el, but I think this bug can be closed now. Thanks. You can always close a bug by writing to NNNN-done@debbugs.gnu.org instead of just NNNN@debbugs.gnu.org (where NNNN is the bug number). 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[45.2.119.34]) by smtp.googlemail.com with ESMTPSA id q19-v6sm2265231ith.1.2018.09.21.04.50.11 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 bits=256/256); Fri, 21 Sep 2018 04:50:11 -0700 (PDT) From: Noam Postavsky To: Allen Li Subject: Re: bug#32791: 26.1; rgrep uses null byte instead of colon separator References: Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2018 07:50:09 -0400 In-Reply-To: (Allen Li's message of "Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:49:52 -0700") Message-ID: <878t3voyry.fsf@gmail.com> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.1 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 32791 Cc: 32791@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -1.0 (-) Allen Li writes: > After doing a bit more research, I realized that grep using a null > byte separator is intended behavior. > > I'll file a separate bug upstream for wgrep.el. I'm not sure if there > are some improvements that could be made to grep-mode to facilitate > use cases such as wgrep.el, but I think this bug can be closed now. For the record, setting grep-use-null-filename-separator can be used to control this. From unknown Fri Aug 15 14:15:13 2025 Received: (at fakecontrol) by fakecontrolmessage; To: internal_control@debbugs.gnu.org From: Debbugs Internal Request Subject: Internal Control Message-Id: bug archived. Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2018 11:24:05 +0000 User-Agent: Fakemail v42.6.9 # This is a fake control message. # # The action: # bug archived. thanks # This fakemail brought to you by your local debbugs # administrator