GNU bug report logs - #39121
27.0.60; occur: Add bindings for next-error-no-select

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Tino Calancha <tino.calancha <at> gmail.com>

Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2020 20:52:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Merged with 39122

Found in version 27.0.60

Done: Tino Calancha <tino.calancha <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #45 received at 39121 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Mattias Engdegård <mattiase <at> acm.org>
Cc: Tino Calancha <tino.calancha <at> gmail.com>, 39121 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
Subject: Re: bug#39121: 27.0.60; occur: Add bindings for  next-error-no-select
Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2021 13:46:40 +0200

Mattias Engdegård <mattiase <at> acm.org> writes:

> Currently, Occur buffers use `occur-target` properties to direct each
> line to the start of the first match on that line. We could use the
> property to indicating the exact extents (intervals) of matches,
> instead. For example, a buffer containing
>
>  VENI VIDI VICI
>
> with the Occur search regexp "VI.I", currently results in a line in
> *Occur* having the property `occur-target` with a marker to the start
> of 'VIDI' as value. Instead, we could make the value be ((m1 . m2) (m3
> . m4)) where m1..m4 mark the beginning and end of 'VIDI' and 'VICI'
> respectively. Then occur-highlight-regexp could be done away entirely.

That does indeed sound like a better solution.

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