GNU bug report logs - #36967
27.0.50; Duplicate lines in xref output

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>

Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2019 22:04:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Merged with 43715

Found in versions 27.0.50, 28.0.50

Fixed in version 28.1

Done: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #8 received at 36967 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
To: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>, 36967 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#36967: 27.0.50; Duplicate lines in xref output
Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2019 01:13:07 +0300

On 08.08.2019 0:52, Juri Linkov wrote:
> I tried to use project-find-regexp more often than rgrep,
> but unfortunately xref still has a fundamental flaw:
> 
> 0. emacs -Q
> 1. M-x project-find-regexp RET regexp RET
> 2. The output buffer *xref* contains duplicate lines
>     when regexp is found on the same line several times,
>     each duplicate output line has separate highlighting
>     for every regexp occurrence.

I don't know how "fundamental" it is, but indeed, it's somewhat of a 
drawback. Suggestions for improving it (API change and/or implementation 
change) are welcome.
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