GNU bug report logs - #41766
Make it possible to change regexp to identify and highlight grep matches via customization

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Simon Lang <simon.lang <at> outlook.com>

Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2020 21:32:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Fixed in version 28.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #35 received at 41766 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: "Basil L. Contovounesios" <contovob <at> tcd.ie>
Cc: juri <at> linkov.net, 41766 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Simon.lang <at> outlook.com,
 dgutov <at> yandex.ru
Subject: Re: bug#41766: Make it possible to change regexp to identify and
 highlight grep matches via customization
Date: Tue, 09 Jun 2020 17:43:43 +0300

> From: "Basil L. Contovounesios" <contovob <at> tcd.ie>
> Date: Tue, 09 Jun 2020 12:55:25 +0100
> Cc: "41766 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <41766 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>,
>  Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>, Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
> 
> I wonder, though: the default value matches some quite obscure codes
> which aren't (and maybe shouldn't be) documented, so is a defcustom
> really suitable for this?

They are SGR escape sequences that Grep emits to color its output.  We
should probably mention that in the doc string.
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