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

From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
To: Simon Lang <Simon.lang <at> outlook.com>
Cc: "Basil L. Contovounesios" <contovob <at> tcd.ie>, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>,
 "41766 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <41766 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>,
 "dgutov <at> yandex.ru" <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
Subject: Re: bug#41766: Make it possible to change regexp to identify and
 highlight grep matches via customization
Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2020 00:52:28 +0300

> I now something to the manual, NEWS and changed the doc string + commit msg
> as advised. I decided on defcustom in the end because this way it is easy
> for the user to figure out what goes wrong in case he/she modifies
> grep-command and highlighting is missing. Hope that is fine.

In the long run what should be customizable is not escape sequences,
but a choice of the grep program with a list of such options:

  "GNU grep"
  "ripgrep"
  ...

i.e. the same customization as for the selection of the web browser
in browse-url.el.
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