GNU bug report logs - #7952
24.0.50; crash in find_interval

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Message #79 received at 7952 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
Cc: romain <at> orebokech.com, monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca, 7952 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#7952: 24.0.50; crash in find_interval
Date: Sun, 08 May 2011 18:28:58 +0300

> From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>,  Romain Francoise <romain <at> orebokech.com>,  7952 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Sun, 08 May 2011 01:18:04 -0400
> 
> Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca> writes:
> 
> > As can be seen by a comment in grep.el, I consider grep's updating of
> > the buffer as a problem.  Also, we've seen other reasons why grep's
> > handling of escape sequences should be performed in the process filter
> > rather than in font-lock.  So I'd rather say that grep's use of
> > font-lock is wrong, rather than change jit-lock to accommodate it.
> 
> I've committed a fix for grep.el.

Thanks, but will that solution work when start-process is not
available (MS-DOS)?  I'm not sure (I think compilation-filter is not
run in that case).

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