GNU bug report logs - #4359
23.1.50; ^G in M-x grep mode with git grep

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Ulrich Neumerkel <ulrich <at> complang.tuwien.ac.at>

Date: Sun, 6 Sep 2009 16:15:03 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: moreinfo

Found in version 24.3.50

Fixed in version 29.1

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #52 received at 4359 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org>
To: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 4359 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, schwab <at> linux-m68k.org,
	Ulrich Neumerkel <ulrich <at> complang.tuwien.ac.at>
Subject: Re: bug#4359: 23.1.50; ^G in M-x grep mode with git grep
Date: Fri, 01 Jul 2011 04:11:01 +0300

>>>Are there any reasons why `M-x grep' and friends
>>>(i.e. `compilation-start', really) shouldn't bind
>>>`process-connection-type' to nil?
>>
>> M-x grep highlights the actual matches.  So this is not a simple pipe.
>
> Right, so when grep detects that it's not a PTY, it switches the
> GREP_COLOR(S) stuff off?  And there's no way to force that to be on?

Yes, grep switches colors off if it's not a PTY:

http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel/83316/focus=83449
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